Quotes About Self-control

Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew.

He tried not to notice that her hair was loose. He tried not to see that she was wearing her nightclothes. They were demure, yes, but still meant to be removed, and his gaze kept dipping to the silken hem, which brushed the top of her foot, allowing him a tantalizing peek at her toes. Good God, he was staring at her toes. Her /toes/. What had his life come to?

For a moment he did nothing but stare. "Hasn't it ever occurred to you that every thought and feeling doesn't need to be given voice?" "Yes," she said, a lifetime of regrets wrapped into that single syllable. "All the time." She looked away, discomforted by the odd, hollow sensation rumbling in her throat. "I can't seem to help myself, though.

His passions were never so out of control that he couldn"t manage a quick and decisive departure.

Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will.

I'm a big French fry girl. I try to avoid them, but sometimes you just need to indulge, so I go for it!

You can't really indulge in anything when you're wearing a unitard. No bread, no beer, no anything delicious.

I can't leave anywhere without making my bed; it's ingrained.

While initially I would crave food late at night, I worked hard on it and now my body has accepted the new change. I don't follow any diet, I just don't eat anything between 7 pm-12 pm.

I always get to eat what I want because if I don't, I go insane.

Bad impulse buys make you feel grim, don't they? It's like having consumer Tourette's. I gravitate towards austere foreign-language film DVDs when insecure.

I have to watch my language. I think a lot about the words I use in both the public environment and the dressing room. The language you use is a direct insight into how you are feeling.

We ourselves hold the instrument that makes us fat. I just shake my head when I see someone eating cake and saying, 'Oh, I wish I wasn't heavy.' But they keep eating the cake!

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest.

My rule is never to look at anything on the Internet.

Guys should not be allowed to use the Internet all day long. So sad.

If you're not careful, the Internet will gobble up your entire life.

Never interrupt me when I'm eating a banana.

Although physically eating the food, they were emotionally depriving themselves in the future.

Today, with the abundance of books available, it is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read. … Feed only on the best. As John Wesley's mother counseled him: 'Avoid whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, takes off your relish for spiritual things, … increases the authority of the body over the mind.

The match losses the one who cannot control himself.

Pissed off is not the same as well armed," he agreed, leading the way into the house. "I'll remember that.

abstemiousness