Quotes About Self-control

Yet the heavier a person was—American or French—the more they relied on external cues to tell them when to stop eating and the less they relied on whether they felt full.13

Secretaries who had been given candies in clear desktop dishes were caught with their hands in the candy dish 71 percent more often (7.7 versus 4.6 times) as those given white dishes. Every day that dish was on their desk they ate 77 more calories. Over a year, that candy dish would have added over five pounds of extra weight. What is a little bit scary is that none of them would have probably known where those pounds came from.

There's only one thing that's strong enough to defeat the tyranny of the moment. Habit.

We refuse things we don't want all the time. It is not hard to do. We just say no. This is what I recommend we do with the negative thoughts that appear in our minds. Just refuse the thought. "No, thank you, not today. That thought doesn't feel good." No

Hati yang penuh dengan kebencian tidak akan pernah mengenal kata puas. Kebencian adalah bara api kejam yang menghabiskan energi orang yang menghidupinya.

Beware what you consume, lest you appetite grow by what it feeds on.

Sometimes doing what you would most like to do can be the very worst thing to do. Sometimes to accomplish what you want in the end, you have to hold back in the beginning. - Zedd (Pg.161)

You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. [...] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'.

Tiffany knew what the problem was immediately. She'd seen it before, at birthday parties. Her brother was suffering from tragic sweet deprivation. Yes, he was surrounded by sweets. But the moment he took any sweet at all, said his sugar-addled brain, that meant he was not taking all the rest. And there were so many sweets he'd never be able to eat them all. It was too much to cope with. The only solution was to burst into tears.

A lot hinges on the fact that, in most circumstances, people are not allowed to hit you with a mallet. They put up all kinds of visible and invisible signs that say, 'Do not do this' in the hope that it'll work, but if it doesn't, then they shrug, because there is, really, no real mallet at all.

If you have let pride get the better of you, then you have already lost, but if you grab pride by the scruff of the neck and ride it like a stallion, then you may have already won.

I am a bundle of suppressed instincts held together with spit and coffee.

He wanted one drink, and understood precisely why he wasn't going to have one. One drink ended up arriving in a dozen glasses.

Don't get your knickers in a knot just yet, Tiff,' she said briskly. 'It won't solve anything an' will just make you walk odd.

Nothing wrong with whips and needles, in moderation.

Resisting the pull of temptation, just as we fight the pull of gravity. And when we finally fall, it's always such a surprise.

do not confuse what you hope to accomplish with your personal anger. It will only muddy things.

Pay no attention to harsh words uttered by others.

If we are not in control of ourselves but instead let our impatience or anger interfere, then our work is no longer of any value.

Each time we find ourselves dispersed and find it difficult to gain control of ourselves by different means, the method of watching the breath should always be used.

The wise man, by vigor, mindfulness, restraint, and self-control, creates for himself an island which no flood can submerge.

Those who practice restraint in body, word, and mind are surely in control of themselves.

Unchecked craving strangles the careless man.

Those flawed in their nature have no control over themselves.