Quotes About Self-control

How old do you have to get before wisdom descends like a plastic bag over your head and you learn to keep your big mouth shut? Maybe never. Maybe you get more frivolous with age.

Master the chaos within yourself and I promise you, you will gain the strength to withstand any storm.

Don't overestimate your emotions and underestimate your intelligence.

Sometimes the most appropriate response to an attack is to not engage, especially in situations where your own words may be used as weapons against you.

Before you attack the porcupine, think of its quills!

Self-discipline is a prerequisite to progress.

Ninety-five per cent of your success or failure will come from your daily habits.

Staying true to your dream by using your mental, emotional and physical strength is discipline in action. You express it through focus, grit, self-control, persistence, perseverance, and willpower.

Discipline is more about self-control through your inner strength and less about restriction.

Self-discipline is a learned habit that should be developed and continuously worked on through regular application, practice, and repetition.

You have a shot at success if you can discipline yourself to eliminate the limiting thoughts from within and the disempowering words from without.

Discipline yourself to shut the door of your mind on people, events, or things that pull you down, drain your mental or emotional energy, and try to rob you of your promise of the future.

Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.

Do not allow your thoughts to condemn you. Be control of your mind.

A wound won't heal if you keep touching it.

If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it.

One secret to wisdom:think more, speak less.If you let your words be few, your troubles will not be many.

A wise bird would rather lose a worm than a feather.

Patience is the blue vitriol to control the fungal emotions of life

Want to come one step closer to wisdom? Then you have to train yourself unconditionally in forbearance.

if you can't control yourself, you will be controlled by others—choose your master.

we do what we are allowed to

One of the greatest lessons we can learn in life is how to keep mute when the boiling ring of anger is dropped within us

Act like you have a lot of venom inside you, but never inject them into anyone.