Quotes About Self-control

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

The best remedy for anger is delay.

The truth is there is no Devil making you torture, rape, murder, and sodomize one another, or making you destroy the very land that feeds you. There is only you.

A burst of passion is a fine rousing thing upon occasion, Helen, and a flood of tears is marvelously affecting, but, when indulged too often, they are both deuced plaguy things for spoiling one's beauty and tiring out one's friends.

Gadfangled girl things, always robbed me of my common sense.

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotions, because the body always follows the mind.

Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strange confidence.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended.

When the ultimate perfection is attained, the body and limbs perform by themselves what is assigned to them to do with no interference from the mind. The

The good man wins a victory and then stops; he will not go on to acts of violent winning, he boasteth not, he will not triumph, he shows no arrogance. He wins because he cannot choose. After his victory he will not be overbearing.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.

Discipline is liberty, compassion is strength, goodness is courage

While we can will a change in behavior, we do not by an act of will change….

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

The greatest victory is not that which is won on the battlefield, but that which is won over oneself.

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

A jug fills drop by drop The tongue is like a sharp knife kills without drawing blood

You will not be punished for your anger. You will be punished by your anger