Quotes About Self-control

I feel that so many problems in my life may have been prevented had I been more contained.

I worked because I could control it.

Man searches for courage in drink, but it is not courage that he finds, it is fear that he loses. A drunken man may step off a cliff. That does not make him brave, just forgetful.

How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then

How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day.

Saeed partly resisted the pull of his phone. He found the antenna too powerful, the magic it summoned too mesmerizing, as though he were eating a banquet of limitless food, stuffing himself, stuffing himself, until he felt dazed and sick, and so he had removed or hidden or restricted all but a few applications.

The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging.

TaÅŸk?n ve azg?n bir tutku giriÅŸtiÄŸimiz iÅŸe yarardan çok zarar getirir,olaylar?n ters gitmesi, gecikmesi kar??s?nda sab?rs?zl??a sürükler bizi, iÅŸlerine bakt???m?z insanlardan soÄŸutur, kuÅŸkuland?r?r. Bizi avucuna alan ve sürükleyen bir iÅŸi kendimiz iyi yönetemeyiz hiçbir zaman. Oysa iÅŸe yaln?z kafas?n? ve ustal???n? koyan daha rahat yürütür iÅŸi.

Retire within yourselves; but first prepare yourselves to receive yourselves there. It would be madness to trust yourselves to yourselves if you do not know how to control yourselves. There are ways of failing in solitude as well as in company.

Don't do it. Please. I know this book looks delicious with its light-weight pages sliced thin a prosciutto and swiss stacked in a way that would make Dagwood salivate. The scent of freshly baked words wafting up with every turn of the page. Mmmm page. But don't do it. Not yet. Don't eat this book.

When your desire to give up the bad habit is greater than your need to continue it, you will be amazed to discover that complete freedom is but a step away.

Emotion without reason lets people walk all over you; reason without emotion is a mask for cruelty.

I needn't be offended every time I have to look at you

I've got quite well-developed willpower when it comes to doing necessary work. I just have very little willpower when it comes to indulging petty resentment:

we ought to have gone back up and started at the library, but we didn't, in the same way you know perfectly well you ought to stop reading and go to bed and you'll feel hideously groggy in the morning if you don't, and yet you keep going.

in the same way you know perfectly well you ought to stop reading and go to bed and you'll feel hideously groggy in the morning if you don't, and yet you keep going.

A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy; unless you let him.

Every man is what he is, because of the DOMI­NATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self

Before you can achieve success in the higher and broader sense you must gain such thorough control over yourself that you will be a person of poise.

Turn on the full powers of your will and take complete control of your own mind. It is your own mind! It was given to you as a servant to carry out your desires. And no one may enter it or influence it in the slightest degree without your consent and cooperation. What a profound fact this is!

SERVICE, Sacrifice and Self-Control are three words which must be well understood by the person who succeeds in doing something that is of help to the world.

Gluttony is one of the lowest and most animal vices, and is obnoxious to all who pursue a moderate course. The best workers and most successful men are they who are most moderate in eating and drinking. By taking enough nourishment, but not too much, they attain the maximum physical and mental fitness. Beings thus well-equipped by moderation, they are enabled to vigorously and joyfully fight the battle of life.