Quotes About Self-control

I got a lot of problems, but I'm really good at intuiting what I need to do to be happy with whatever I create. I know when to stop myself, I know when to start, I know when to leave something alone. I guess I just kind of indulge that completely, and so I just take my time.

I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

You scatter your forces by talking about your affairs. Don't discuss your business with your family. Silence is golden!

Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.

Take only what you need, not what you want.

The teenagers who make the wrong choice on alcohol are probably the same children who never learned how to keep their hands out of the cookie jar.

2. As soon as you become too interested in worldly pleasure and ease, your conscience objects. You are your own worst enemy when you act against your conscience. The wrong which you do becomes worse when you try to excuse yourself or justify your actions. 3.

Refuse to be a slave of anything on earth.

Ta c? ng? r?ng càng già ta càng c?ng r?n h?n nh?ng ngh? th? là sai: ngày nào ta c?ng ph?i lòng, sau m?i ánh m?t, qua m?i ti?ng c??i trong su?t nh? pha lê mà trái tim không thôi nhung nh?. Ch? ??n gi?n là ta kìm ch? vì quá bi?t m?i chuy?n s? d?n ??n ?âu.

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

Hate has its uses, but it will serve you ill if you wear it so openly.

There were creases at the corners of her mouth, the marks of too many words bitten back.

Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.

When people are insulting you, there is nothing so good for them as not to say a word -- just to look at them and think. When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wished they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in -- that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies.

You cannot risk giving your thoughts free rein. They will never choose the right path until you bridle them and control them by your own disciplined will. You are master of your own house. You do not have to invite into your mind the foul birds of evil thoughts and allow them to nest there and bring forth their young.

Si dominas tu mente, ya has ganado más de media batalla.

Guard your tongue, and use it for good instead of evil. How many marriages or friendships have been destroyed because of criticism that spiraled out of control? How many relationships have broken down because of a word spoken thoughtlessly or in anger? A harsh word can't be taken back; no apology can fully repair its damage.

Be very sure that you do not deliberately place yourself in a position to be tempted.

Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our own consent and will.

The greatest barrier to knowing God's will is simply that we want to run our own lives. Our problem is that a battle is going on in our hearts—a battle between our wills and God's will.

Don't savor temptations; don't dwell on them or toy with them or replay them over and over in your mind. The more you think about a particular temptation, the more enticing it becomes.

Don't let hatred control you, no matter what others do that causes [anger]. You would only become guilty of the same sin that afflicts them, and nothing would be solved.

A thought enters; we pamper it; it germinates and grows into an evil act.

The happiest people I know are separated followers of Jesus Christ. They are not dependent on artificial stimulants. They do not resort to sick, dirty jokes. They do not abuse their bodies to relax their minds.