Quotes About Self-control

Every other animal responds to the call of sex only in "season." Man's inclination is to declare "open season.

Self-Control must needs be made up of Patience, the ability to keep Still when you feel like Talking right out, and the iron holding down of your own Self for the sake of the Bigger Hours. No man ever won anything without first winning Himself. You are a strong Human bundle of Passion, Red Pepper — and Power. Your Mixing of these things in wise proportion and mastering them will mold you into a sure Success. Try, for — You can Be what you Will, if you Will to Be.

Keep your eyes and ears wide open— and your mouth closed, if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt decision.

The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.

El hombre puede convertirse en el dueño de sí mismo y de su ambiente, porque TIENE EL PODER DE INFLUIR EN SU PROPIO SUBCONSCIENTE

Eliminate the fear of old age by reaching a decision to accept it, not as a handicap, but as a great blessing which carries with it wisdom, self-control, and understanding not known to youth.

Any person who is educated is one who is able to get what he wants in life without violating the rights of others.

Any person who is educated is one who has learned to get whatever he wants in life without violating the rights of others.

Do you resort to liquor, narcotics, or cigarettes to quiet your nerves? If so, why do you not try will-power instead?

Being self-owned is a state of mind.

Every additional glass of wine harms you more than the preceding one

people who are otherwise rational engage in smoking or in fights that get them no immediate benefits;

was not intelligent enough, nor strong enough, to even try to fight my emotions.

You always control what you do; so make this your end.

It is hard to stick to a good discipline of mental write-off when things are going well, yet that's when one needs the discipline the most.

Now, remember Winifred, don't bite your fingernails. Don't interrupt when someone else is speaking, and don't go down to the jailhouse at midnight to change places with Prisoners

He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it.

These feelings, together with the deep degradation of his mind, made him resolve that no circumstances should again draw him into an axcess of wine.

You must stop these reckless surrenders to your momentary moods.

Live by your impulses, and you'll be just like them. You're better than that, aren't you, Red?

Scythe Curie seemed a mix of many emotions, but she folded them all away, like clothes that no longer fit, and closed the drawer. Citra expected she never spoke of this to anyone else, and would probably never speak of it again.

But what good did that do now? It was as if they existed in two different universes. Dwelling on such feelings couldn't lead them anywhere good. Yet still she entertained the thought. She even considered saying those words to him again . . . but she held her tongue, as a good scythe must do.

Scythe Curie seemed a mix of many emotions, but she folded them all away, like clothes that no longer fit, and closed the drawer. Citra suspected she never spoke of this to anyone else, and would probably never speak of it again.

I won't allow it to control me. My current agony will not define me.