Quotes About Self-control

2. Impulse to "do one more thing" when I don't have enough time

If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: "He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned." —Epictetus

Don't ever wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it. - Cale Yarborough

Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet they are about denial and discipline.

I told myself that it took forty-two facial muscles to frown and only four to stretch out my arm and bitch-slap the witch.

Remember, I might be the wind, but you control the kite.

I have a rule that has served me well in life. When in doubt, do nothing. If you're not sure, don't buy it, don't comment, don't commit. Sit tight. Deviation from this maxim has usually caused me regret.

I have a rule that has served me well in life. When in doubt, do nothing. If you're not sure, don't buy it, don't comment, don't commit.

He flung self-control to the unseen winds of the Force and reached down deep to fully sense her presence. Layers and layers: the living depth of Endor's teeming forest, the all-enveloping warmth of a night on sandy Tatooine, and the hypnotic glitter of deep space came to mind.…

Are you going to last if I start nibbling at your ankles and work my way up?" "No. You might make it to my knee, but only if I think about starving children and venereal warts.

Where did that incredibly short temper of yours go?!

Good luck, boy. Stick it out…work things out with that monster inside you!

But insight doesn't necessarily produce self-control. Sometimes you just see your destructiveness more clearly.

My throat tightened, but I held back the tears and reminded myself that withdrawing from a woman is no different than kicking a drug; you feel shaky and you want it, but eventually the need passes, and you feel restored.

Lao Tzu once said, "He who conquers others is strong. He who conquers himself is mighty.

Since you have a small amount of willpower at the start of every day, the more you use it, the weaker you become. One reason why your willpower depletes is a lack of mental strength and lack of self-control. Hence, to enhance your discipline, you need to develop self-control. To do so you need to unlock your intrinsic motivation so you can exert your willpower.

When you complete a certain task, do not quickly jump to the next one. You are likely to feel motivated at that point and feel energetic enough to finish off with the next task in line; however, do you remember the lesson on willpower? It depletes if you exhaust yourself and when you are exhausted, your inclination towards temptations increases. To keep this from happening, when you complete a task,

When we feel deprived we try to make it right, and that makes it easier to rationalize our behavior. It's easier to say I need this. I deserve this. But Patanjali says the opposite is true: If we don't take what isn't ours (asteya), we will flourish.

Too little temptation can lead to virtue.

It's hard to put a foot in a shut mouth.

Some men are so well-tempered they can lose it every day and never run out.

Your butt may like to sit, but your butt is not the boss of you! Say no to your butt.

In the end what separates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No, a man chooses... a slave obeys.

When displaying the riches of God's love and pleasing him is more important than holding onto worldly things and pleasing yourself, it becomes increasingly natural to respond to conflict graciously, wisely, and with self-control.