Quotes About Self-control

Lakše je ukoriti duh nego razoriti tijelo.

For a while they could almost taste the Sugar Balls and Choco Chums they weren't snacking

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

The core beliefs that the alcoholism movement has successfully promulgated are: Alcoholics don't drink too much because they intend to, but only because they can't control their drinking. Alcoholics inherit their alcoholism and thus are born as alcoholics. Alcoholism always grows worse without treatment, so that alcoholics can never cut back or quit drinking on their own.

Seuls les enfants solitaires peuvent contenir toute leur passion; les autres, à trop causer éventent leurs sentiments en public, les émoussent en vaines confidences.

For the more a man limits himself, the more he is close to the infinite.

Restraint offers a space between intention and action and the opportunity to protect others from actions or reactions that should exist only in your imagination

I was used to being perceived as having a good attitude. Self-control, self-effacement, self-denial. People like this, especially in girls.

What's your plan to stay out of my bed?

Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.

If you do not feel ashamed of anything, then you can do whatever you like

Sometimes - this is a tough one - not everyone can handle the truth. Sometimes you have to take a beat. But if you can take that beat, and take the high road, it'll serve you in the long run.

Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat.

You're trying your damndest, you strike out and they boo you. I act like it doesn't bother me, like I don't hear anything the fans say, but the truth is I hear every word of it and it kills me.

Lust should be stifled, for it cannot lead to truth.

And, in order to possess the Truth, the plays of the lower nature must be stopped.

If you don't have the willpower to stop eating carbs, you won't have the willpower to do a dissertation. #truth.

Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.

Money, in truth, can do much, but it cannot do all. We must know the province of it, and confine it there, and even spurn it back when it wishes to get farther.

Control yourself and no one else. And you will see the Truth my brother.

Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth, your attitude and your day. Don't give anyone that much power over your life.

The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage.

If you do not have control over your mouth, you will not have control over your future.

Jedi breathing exercise Luke Skywalker had urged upon me when trying to recruit me as a Jedi. Breathing in through my nose to a count of four, I held the breath for a seven count, then exhaled in eight beats.