Quotes About Self-control

Try talking more slowly and being in silence sometimes. To reduce overstimulating arguments, wait five seconds before responding during an intense conversation.

One of Satan's most seductive traps is convincing us that we cannot do what we will not do.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

I've never minded being disciplined. I'd always rather have a quiet evening in than go to a wild party. Discipline for me has always been the foundation which leaves me free to fly.

Practice at hunger makes the fast easier.

Your actions are your own. Your choices are your own. Each of us carries a burden of guilt for decisions made or not made. You can let that rule your whole life or you can put it behind you and move on. Only a madman lets jealousy determine the course of his existence. Only a weak man blames others for his own errors.

As in a mirror, he 'looks at himself again and again before performing an action; he looks at himself again and again before saying a word; he looks at himself again and again before harboring a thought.' It can easily be seen that by following such a path a man naturally transforms himself into a kind of living statue made up of awareness, into a figure pervaded by composedness, decorum, and dignity . . .

Entonces cállate la fucking boca.

People like her got addictive personalities. You don't want to be catching that.

We all do shit like this, stuff that's no good for you. You do it and then there's no feeling positive about it afterwards.

What was the point of being an adult if you couldn't control your master plan?

Even overeating — like Mom — wasn't that a rebellion that in the end only hurt us?

A voice in my head said, can't be helped. Why do I listen to those voices? Common sense dictates that any voice you hear inside your head must be just you, thinking; so, if you know it's just you and you know you're basically an idiot, what possesses you to do what the stupid voice tells you?

In the human heart there is a built-in obsolescence factor. It does not matter how powerful and influential you are, how much education you have, how selfcontrolled or holy you consider yourself—your heart, if you do not guard it, will break down.

I am not intimidated by puerile boys acting like pre-teens.

If somebody has something negative to say, I'm a very - I won't say introverted, because I'm not introverted - I'm a very, just, calm person.

For a while, I had a rule of no smartphone in bed, but now I've upgraded to no smartphone in the bedroom. The fact that we need rules shows how much these things have invaded our lives.

I love a drink. But I've never, ever in my life been on a stage and done a performance with an alcoholic drink inside me. Never have, never would. I've seen people who do and invariably they're never as good as they think they are.

You can't party all the time - especially in January!

People have got to learn: if they don't have cookies in the cookie jar, they can't eat cookies.

This isn't the same Johnny Gargano that is going to overreact to things and let his emotions get the best of him. In 2019, I'm a little calmer and more collected.

It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a little further, ask around a bit, of course there are exciting things to discover.

I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.

Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.