Quotes About Self-control

Freedom isn't freedom when you're addicted to it

Well, she could learn self-control tomorrow. Today she wanted pizza.

A man could lose his identity fucking around too much.

well, we all have our sharks, I'm sure, and there's only one way to get them off before they hack and nibble you to death— stop feeding them; they will find other bait; you fattened them the last dozen times around— now set them out to sea.

it's the same for most of us but one of the best things I learned was to stay out of the bars and also to try to stay off the street. I fail sometimes to stay off the streets but not too often. the finest place on earth to drink is in your own place and alone. you probably know all this. all right.

V has finally learned that sitting calm within herself and waiting is often the best choice. And even when it's not, those around you become uncomfortable because they think you are wise.

Lola's only nugget of wisdom to her little daughters was Never cry, never ever.

The Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid [or fearful]; instead, his Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control" (2 Timothy 1:7).

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." Viktor Frankl (1984) Author of Man's Search for Meaning

crisis of the will. When a darkened mind chooses to remain in darkness, no one is to blame but the individual making that choice.

Nobody taught me how to say no when a beautiful naked woman begs me to take my clothes off.

All right." Panin sips at his wine. "Excuse me, but—there is a personal connection?" "What?" "You appear unduly upset ..." "Yes." She looks at her hands. "The missing officer is my husband." Panin puts his glass down and leans back, very slowly, with the extreme self-control of a man who has just realized he is sharing a table with a large, ticking bomb. "Is there anything I can do to help?" "Yes.

Even if times are tough and you're enduring a terrible heartache, it's important to focus your anger on a vibrator, not another person.

Just because some people are fueled by drama doesn't mean you have to attend the performance.

Why should any guy want to be only friends with a girl? It's like agreeing to be near a chocolate cake and never eat it. It's like sitting in a racing car but not driving it.

When a man blasphemes, what do we do? Do we go and stop his mouth? No. We put our fingers into our ears to stop us hearing. This is a wise action.

When a man blasphemes, what do we do? Do we go and stop his mouth? No. We put our fingers into our ears to stop us hearing. That is a wise action.

Where do you go when the part of your brain that controls judgment is asleep, but the part that controls your motor activity is awake?

every woman's mind is her kingdom. Rule it wisely, lassie.

At one point, I kind of looked in the mirror and said, 'You know, you're a mom. You're a wife. People count on you; you can't go off the deep end into this kind of crazy musical swirl.'

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Whether you are happy or miserable is completely a choice.

I've learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.

I think my biggest strength is that I always keep doing exactly the same thing. There are forwards who go crazy with euphoria, but after a goal, I let myself fall back to the midfield, recharge. Keeping yourself cool and concentrated on your mission.