Quotes About Self-control

Every impulse we strangle will only poison us.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

What is done is done. What is past is past. You call yesterday the past? What has the actual lapse of time got to do with it? It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Very few go astray who comport themselves with restraint.

When anger arises, think of the consequences

A man whose strength gives out collapses along the course. In your case you set the limits beforehand.

Por lo general el exceso de sentimiento prueba que hay falla de desarrollo de la inteligencia

Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That's right. Others come in to govern for them.

When you're defenseless you keep your opinions to yourself.

Oh, ever once in a while I'll catch myself slippin into manual override. But I catch myself. I catch myself.

Dude, he said, Calm down. This was something I hated being told, especially by a boy. My voice might rise half an octave, I thought of telling him, but there's no need to take cover - I will not leap from my chair to embrace you, I will not even shriek with delight.

Early on, I'd occasionally wept in private after seeing an abused child. But quickly my tears had come to seem not just unprofessional but self-indulgent.

No, there was something in him that would not give in--neither to the whiskey, nor the woman, nor even the music. Even in the midst of his best music, it sat in the middle of him, this invisible black dog, and growled and waited, never to be cajoled. He knew of its presence--and was a little uneasy. For of course he wanted to let himself go, to feel rosy and loving and all that. But at the very thought, the black dog showed its teeth.

I don't over-eat myself and I don't over-fuck myself.

Don't do the natural thing, the impulsive thing. That is usually wrong.

But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

Elbert Hubbard said: "Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding that limit.

Cualquier tonto puede criticar, censurar y quejarse, y casi todos los tontos lo hacen. Pero se necesita carácter y dominio de sí mismo para ser comprensivo y capaz de perdonar. "Un

we cannot instantly change our emotions just by "making up our minds to" but that we can change our actions. And that when we change our actions, we will automatically change our feelings.

The shadowy, formless thing—the temptation of Hate, that hovered between him and the world—grew fainter and less sinister. It did not wholly fade away, but diffused itself and lingered thick at the edges.

Guard your speech. Never speak of yourself, your affairs, or of anything else in a discouraged or discouraging way.