Quotes About Self-control

There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony.

I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness.

I don't like it, but I'm a person, thank goodness, who can do what I don't like.

Åžeytan'? iyi tan?yorsam, Ä°çgüdülerine güvenme, sezgilerinden uzak dur, der o. Bizim insan kalmam?z? ister - hem de insandan fazla insan. DüÅŸüÅŸe geçmiÅŸsen bunu sürdürmen için itici gücünü kullan?r. Uçurumdan aÅŸa?? itmez seni - yaln?zca kenar?na dek getirir. Ve orada art?k onun elindesindir, ne yapaca?? insaf?na kalm?? demektir.

There was nothing I wished to do which I could just as well not do.

Moralistlerin tutkusu olan, varl???n "iÄŸrenç" davran??lar?n? ortadan kald?rma çabas? yaln?zca saçma deÄŸil, ayn? zamanda boÅŸunad?r da. Bir insan, çirkin, "günah" düÅŸünce ve isteklerini, içgüdü ve itkilerini bast?rmay? baÅŸarabilir, ama bunun sonuçlar? y?k?ma yol açabilir. ErmiÅŸ olmakla katil olmak aras?ndaki s?n?r, k?l kadar incedir.

Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.

In old England the greatest lords think it great glory to be slapped by a queen, and made garter-knights of; but, be your boast, Stubb, that ye were kicked by old Ahab, and made a wise man of. Remember what I say; be kicked by him; account his kicks honors; and on no account kick back; for you can't help yourself, wise Stubb.

I quit smoking well over twenty years ago.

It goes against my grain to yell at people.

Sometimes I yell, sometimes I raise my voice. I am trying to do it less, because it's not always attractive. It's not always the right thing to do.

I can't speak for other people, but I still hate losing. When I did lose, I found it easier to yell than to cry. Guys aren't supposed to cry, are they?

First of all, I yell very little, just so you know. Maybe years ago I did more, but I yell very little.

I go into it with the attitude that I'm not going to look at my leg, and as soon as they get the wrapping off of it, I'm like, 'I've got to look.' It's like yelling at a dog going, 'Squirrel!' I cannot not look. And then I spend the rest of the time sitting there with a wet washcloth on my forehead trying to regain consciousness.

You can't abuse your voice by yelling and screaming.

When I was 26, 27 years old I was running a kitchen in New York, and I was a raving lunatic. The older you get, you figure out you don't need to do that. You realize at a certain point, there's a certain gravity to what you say and what you do. If that's not enough, all the yelling in the world is not going to matter.

I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my daughters to be that way, and I'm now constantly telling them not to do that.

When I was on the bench, I used to have a yellow pad, and I put on the pad at the beginning of the day, 'patience' and 'restraint.'

I think it's just as important what you say no to as what you say yes to.

I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you're satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.

I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one.

Sometimes, it's just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It's exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables.

It's important to learn to say no. With tours and all of that stuff, there are so many aspects that go into it, it's easy to have so many people around you saying, 'Oh yes, yes, you can afford this, you can afford this,' and then all of the sudden you've spent $20 million on your stage, and you're like, 'Where's my money?'

Do I have chocolate chip cookies? Yes, I do. Do I have mint chocolate chip milkshakes? Yes, I do. I love them. They are fantastic. But when I have them, they're worth it. I earned them. I did something. I worked out super hard. I stayed clean on food.