Quotes About Self-control

Discipline is giving yourself a command and following it up with action

Victor Frankl's insight: Between stimulus and response there is a space.In that space is our power to choose our response.In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Kelly said, "That was the greatest show of self-control I have ever seen. If that was me, I would have taken that resignation letter and shoved it up his ass six different times.

Not knowing when to shut up was one of my greatest faults.

According to Benjamin Franklin, "He that can have patience, can have what he will.

This will not do,' he said to himself. 'If I go on like this I shall become a crazy fool. This must stop! I promised the doctor I would not take tea. Faith, he was pretty right! My nerves must have been getting in a queer state. Funny I did not notice it. I never felt better in my life. However it is all right now, and I shall not be such a fool again.' Then he mixed himself a good stiff glass of brandy and water and resolutely sat down to his work.

All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.

Kebebasan sejati bukanlah melakukan apa yang kita suka

A man is above all his will

the autonomic

I'm going out, remember?" I prodded. "And I'm going to drink too much, which makes me horny. Don't forget to take your vitamins, ace.

He sighed. She was a mistake in every sense. She made herself available once, and I make it a rule to avoid overly eager women a second time. And that doesn't make you sound like an asshole at all.

My choices were either too much alcohol or a whirl with my vibrator, and I was damned if I'd have a battery-provided orgasm starring Dark and Dangerous.

It shouldn't have to be said, Arash went on, but when confronted by crazy, Do Not Engage.

You are a prisoner of sorts, and yet you have made yourself so.

You dream too much, child. Our kind, we make our way with strong backs and closed mouths.

I pray that I lose my voice before my tongue ever shames me.

Part of manhood, I am thinking, is to ponder one's words before opening one's mouth.

the more you look at anger, the more it disappears beneath one's very eyes, like the frost melting under the morning sun. When one genuinely looks at it, it suddenly loses its strength.

rolling in, even though I knew better.

He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.

When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to the ground. Kel had to force herself to keep her vow.

Besides, haven't you noticed how tiring losing your temper is? I've noticed it gets you punishments, the redheaded boy replied with a shrug. Maybe it's the same thing. Well, you're tired at the end of both, so there you are, Kel said practically.

In Ramadan, you should eat less and think more.