Quotes About Self-control

While her emotions were very real and they gnawed at her with a raw sincerity, she was listening to something deeper. She was listening to her will, not letting what she felt dictate what she would do. Didn't let it dictate her life.

The only monster you need to worry about in this life is the one that stares at you from the mirror each morning. You tame him, make friends with him, and the rest of life is nothing you can't handle.

If someone is bent on hurting herself, she'll find a way to do it. She was a grown woman; sooner or later, she was responsible for herself.

Watch it now. You're taking liberties. Don't make things any worse than they are. Don't let your mouth write a check that your ass can't cash, son.

I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.

Today the concept of delayed gratification is seen as a denial of some inherent natural right

Ever catch yourself in the middle of saying something you know you'll regret? Something so mean you know you should stop immediately but some part of your brain kicks in and won't let you stop?

There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than half accomplishes the object.

Let each of the Appetites, so necessary to our bodies, be our servant and not our master, and remember, above all things, that sin and slavery to any Appetite begin in our thoughts. It is our thoughts that we must rule, and the way to rule them is very simple. We just have to think of something else when an evil thought comes, something really interesting and nice, with a prayer in our hearts to God to help us to do so.

I do not seem to have felt anything yet,' said Averil, passing her hands over her face. 'I seem to be made of stone.' 'You have done: and that is better than feeling.

As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth.

There's no need to act just because you have a feeling.

Saying it's hard is ultimately a justification to do whatever seems like the easiest thing to do -- have the affair, stay at that horrible job, end a friendship over a slight, keep loving someone who treats you terribly.

I stopped at the door where the racks of Snapples were kept. I put my hand to the glass near the bottles of lemonade—there was both yellow and pink. They were like diamonds or pornography. I could look, but I couldn't touch.

No is golden. No is the kind of power the good witch wields.

Why would any guy want to be only friends with a girl? It's like agreeing to be near a chocolate cake and never eat it. It's like sitting in a racing car but not driving it. Only wimps do that.

I guess that is why most people drink anyway. To shut up their inner critic. So they can do whatever the hell they want.

Foolishness always results when the tongue outraces the brain.

An inability to remain quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

I don't always eat chips and salsa but when I do, I do it until I hate myself.

It's your body. Tell it what to do.

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.