Quotes About Self-control

A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions.

At the punch-bowl's brink, let the thirsty think, what they say in Japan: first the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man!

If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?

Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.

Any man who eats dessert is not drinking enough.

When a bee stings, she dies. She cannot sting and live. When men sting, their better selves die. Every sting kills a better instinct. Men must not turn bees and kill themselves in stinging others.

When a man has been intemperate so long that shame no longer paints a blush upon his cheek, his liquor generally does it instead.

A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.

They say men have a sexual thought every 20 seconds. The other 19 are shame.

No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.

I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

our faculties seem to be making war upon us, as if they were resentful of the war made upon them by our vices.

we shall not fail to observe the fasts, disciplines and periods of silence which the Order commands; for, as you know, if prayer is to be genuine it must be reinforced with these things--prayer cannot be accompanied by self-indulgence.

true liberation is freedom from our own automatic responses.

I was doing it again, and I do NOT ogle strangers.

Guilt is always hungry, don't let it consume you.

Don't be mean when you've had a bad day. Be nice, and your day will get better.

Crying was a sign of weakness. She would not be weak. Not in front of him. She pressed the heels of her hands against her eyes, forcing back the tears. Once she had herself under control, she took a shuddering breath and moved to the side of the bed where a chair had been pulled

Don't drink; it's bad for you.

When you start to say to yourself, just one look back, just one glance, the danger will have begun for you.

After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good that he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: when you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

A warrior cuts out all unnecessary acts; in this way he saves his personal power.

THE LIFE OF A WARRIOR IS A STRATEGY IN SELF-DISCIPLINE. EVERY ACTION, THOUGHT AND FEELING HAS TO BE CAREFULLY ASSESSED AS TO ITS VALUE. WARRIORS CANNOT WASTE THEIR TIME AND PERSONAL POWER ON ISSUES WHICH ARE OF NO CONSEQUENCE TO THEIR DESTINY.