Quotes About Self-control

Therefore, beware of everything that takes away your freedom. Know that it is dangerous, and avoid it by all the means in your power.

Thus the man that has practiced control over himself cannot be acted upon by anything outside; there is no more slavery for him.

When he first began to abuse me, I thought, "I am going to be angry". Anger was one thing, and I was another; but when I became angry, I was anger. These feelings have to be controlled in the germ, the root, in their fine forms, before even we have become conscious that they are acting on us.

Forbearance is the highest expression of freedom.

It is a well-known psychological fact that those who are ever ready to abuse others cannot bear the slightest touch of criticism from others.

Being able to do exactly as one pleases is the surest way to remain perpetually unpleased.

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

Talk to her about safe ways to handle dangerous feelings. When you are driving and someone cuts in front of you, instead of giving way to road rage, say, "I'm so mad I could have smashed into him. But I didn't." She may not entirely understand you, but she'll be comforted to find that frightening feelings can be discussed.

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else do it wrong without comment.

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else doing it wrong, without comment.

Complaining is the absolute worst possible thing you could do for your health or your wealth. The worst! ... For the next seven days, I challenge you not to complain at all.

It will not do, my friend, to grant an easy indulgence to natural appetite and desire, for they ever seek to be our masters.

Samson entertained Delilah, and she infiltrated his heart and took his secrets. Avoid entertaining thoughts that will destroy your peace.

What distinguished him in a moment of crisis was his self-command.

The Good Life is not the life of reason alone, but that of the dominance of reason over the spirited energies and the bodily appetites.

A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves a thousand moments of regret.

It is the very mind itself That leads the mind astray; Of the mind, Do not be mindless.

Never show your fear or your weaknesses, doll. Someone will spin you around and knock you flat with it when you least expect it.

Frog dies because of its making noise

Even the tiny frog is spoilt by its mouth

Yes, we have the freedom to do what we please, but it only works because we don't do everything we might please - we should exercise some degree of personal, and corporate, responsibility.

Secretly, I still get proud of the ways Rosie and I loved each other. We had no one else to learn from - none of our parents were shining examples of relationship success - so we learned this from each other: when someone you love needs you to, you can get a hold of your five-alarm temper, get a hold of the shapeless things that scare you senseless, act like an adult instead of the Cro-Magnon teenager you are, you can do a million things you never saw coming.

I wanted it the way an alcoholic must want booze: badly enough to shove aside the hard knowledge that this was a truly lousy idea.

Don't fool yourself: we all have a cruel streak. We keep it under lock and key either because we're afraid of getting punished or because we believe this will somehow make a difference, make the world a better place.