Quotes About Self-control

I had seen her in a temper before – I tell her it's her French grandfather's fault, Mediterranean lack of self-control – and I knew she'd settle down now she'd taken it out on the tree.

I'm confused by the idea that you shouldn't go into a pub and do anything that might be bad for you,

I've lost count of how many times I've caught myself in the half-second before I splattered temper everywhere and stuck myself cleaning up the mess for the rest of my life.

It wasn't good for the soul, she reminded herself, to dwell in anger. Too oft it only hurt the bearer, because the receiver was scarce aware, or didn't care anyway.

I tell you what I won't put up with. You chose how to behave.

God grant me the serenity to not fuck the things I cannot stand, courage to fuck the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.

We start to regulate an upsetting emotion the moment we become aware of it.

put the least effort into dealing with a disturbing feeling that will do the job.

Opening up a space in her mind gave her more choice in the moment.

When she caught herself in such moments, she'd talk back to her deprivation schema, saying, "I'm not depriving you if I don't eat this ice cream.

equanimity offers a great inner resource: a sense of nonreactivity, of patience and acceptance.

schema responses are overreactions, not appropriate responses to difficult situations.

Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.

The deepest transformations in our lives come down to something very simple: We learn to respond, not react, to what is going on inside us.

experience even the most intense craving without pushing it away or acting on it. Instead of hating her experience or losing herself in a swirl of mental activity, Sarah was saying yes to the feelings of urgency and tension and fear. Instead of trying to satisfy her craving, she was simply letting it express itself and move through her.

Two natures beat within my breast The one is foul, the one is blessed The one I love, the one I hate. The one I feed will dominate. -Anonymous

teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely.

The old antiques dealer whispers to him that the secret of freedom and happiness lies in self-control and in a marriage between knowledge, will and power.

caught hold of myself and nearly laughed at how ridiculous it all seemed. Colin was right—it was time I returned to my studies. Idle hands indeed proved the devil's tools.

los hombres se convierten muy a menudo en esclavos de lo inmediato.

At one point I had to shove as much food in my body as possible to pack on calories. My trainer wanted me to do six meals a day and not go two hours without eating. If I would cheat on eating one day, I could tell - I'd drop a few pounds.

Just being a human being, Ive realized that before every big problem you create for yourself, before every huge mess you have to clean up, there was a crucial moment where you couldve just said no.

I will program my mind to forbid itself from moving beyond its own reprogramming range.

It is easy for a parent to say, "I am right and I am angry, therefore my anger is righteous anger." It may be that we are just angry because we are not getting what we want.