Quotes About Self-control

I used to think that a good relationship meant always getting along. But the secret, I realize, is that when one person shuts down or throws a fit, the other needs to stay in the adult ego state. If both people descend to the wounded child or adapted adolescent, that's when all forces of relationship drama and destruction are unleashed.

Part of being a PUA is learning to control your own state, so you don't need alcohol or drugs

They say that a man is as faithful as his options, and in this moment I know it to be true. So I switched the phone off. It's too much. Even Jesus only had three temptations.

I only drink a little, but when I do, I become a different person, and that person drinks a lot.

Actually, she'd made me promise to cut down on the drinking and swearing, which I have. Unfortunately, this has left me dim-witted and nearly speechless.

Otros pidieron prestado para financiar un estilo de vida basado en un consumo ostentoso. Los duques de Devonshire, por ejemplo, se gastaban entre el 40 y el 55 por ciento de su renta anual en pagar intereses: tan enormes eran las cantidades que habían pedido prestadas en el siglo XIX. «Lo único que ustedes no tienen —se quejaba uno de sus abogados— es la capacidad de autocontrol.»

Please don't ask me to go with you, because if you do, I'll go. Please don't ask me to tell Frank about us, because i'll do that, too. Please don't ask me to give up my responsibilities or break up my family; I love you, and if you love me, too, then you just can't ask me to do these things. Because I don't trust myself enough to say no.

You should not complain, it's not attractive.

But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22

Hell, if they wanted to act like idiots, why try to stop them?

Being raised, I think, in a household where your parents really taught you never to let people see you sweatin' - that's the motto I live by.

I need to control my mouth.

You never want to feel so hungry that you'll put anything in your mouth.

I can ruin my own career, but I will not ruin anyone elses' career with my mouth.

I'm always running my mouth off and getting myself in trouble, so I'm trying to do it less.

At the end of the day, all I can do is control me and what comes out of my mouth.

I have a lot of people judging my every move. It's important for me to not let it rule my life.

Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.

My motto now is eat to live. Not live to eat.

As a bowler, my motto is not to get too excited and not to get too down after every match.

I got a lot of problems, but I'm really good at intuiting what I need to do to be happy with whatever I create. I know when to stop myself, I know when to start, I know when to leave something alone. I guess I just kind of indulge that completely, and so I just take my time.

If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.

I am a danger to myself if I get angry.

I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.