Quotes About Self-control

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.

Each is responsible for his own actions.

The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.

When you are in deep distress and cannot restrain some expression of it, sit down and write out a harsh letter venting your anger. But don't send it.

Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine.

Being a positive person doesn't mean you never have negative thoughts. It just means you don't allow them space to take root and grow to control your life.

You see all the movies where people say, 'Don't fight out of anger'? They say that for a reason.

The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as the thing you ought to follow at all costs.

Only those who want nothing are masters of Nature.

Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature

The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.

The most exhausting effort in my life has been to suppress my own nature in order to make it serve my biggest plans.

Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.