Quotes About Self-control

The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: 'Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee' (Moses 3:17). You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. 'Deny yourselves of all ungodliness' (Moroni 10:32).

Taking responsibility means a person no longer blames outside circumstances, or other people, or past events for the conditions of his own life.

I would say, stay the hell away from the party scene. Anything you put in front of your goal, and especially something like that, whether it's too much gambling, too much food, too much cold beers on the weekend - anything that you put in front of the prize is going to end up getting in the way and hurting you in the end.

Matt was not a good drinker. He knew that. He could not hold his liquor. He was already past buzzed and nearing inebriation. The key, of course, was knowing when to stop—maintaining the high without the aftermath. It was a line many people tried to find. It was a line most tripped over. Tonight

If prison teaches you one thing, it's how to deaden yourself. You show nothing. Ever. You never allow yourself anything, even an emotion, because it will either be exploited or taken away.

She dabbed her eye. A sarcastic rejoinder came to my lips, but I bit it back.

If one is unable to buy Courvoisier, one should forcibly restrain oneself from serving strawberries Romanoff for dessert.

Learn to contain your anger if it threatens your welfare or that of others.

Learn to cope with anger by avoiding stressful situations, to the extent that you can.

When someone annoys you and you feel the ire rising within, you've got to ask yourself, "Is this guy worth it? Am I willing to stoop to his or her level?

hold your head high and keep those fists down - Atticus Finch

Whatever she says to you, it's your job not to let her make you mad.

No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change

No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change... it's a good one, even if it does not resist learning.

Te digan lo que te digan, no permitas que te hagan perder los nervios. Procura luchar con el cerebro, para variar...

if we followed our feelings all the time we'd be like cats chasin' their tails.

Don't argue with a man, especially when you know you can beat him.

And don't you fret yourself about anything—why, if we followed our feelings all the time we'd be like cats chasin' their tails.

If we followed our feelings all the time we'd be like cats chasin' their tails.

Hold your head down and keep those fists down.

You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fightin' with your head for a change

Jean Louise rubbed her nose. "I called you some pretty grim things," she said. Atticus said, "I can take anything anybody calls me so long as it's not true.

why, if we followed our feelings all the time we'd be like cats chasin' their tails.

As pessoas que estão no seu perfeito juízo nunca se orgulham dos seus talentos.