Quotes About Self-control

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

No one in al-Nahda believes that jihad is a way to impose Islam on the world. But we believe that jihad is self-control, is social and political struggle, and even military jihad is only a way to defend oneself in the case of aggression.

I have an ongoing fight with fast food.

The only time I tried alcohol my hangover lasted for days, and I decided never again.

I probably have taught a few people a lesson when it comes to opening their mouth and maybe thinking before you speak.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.

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.

What does 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.

I can resist anything but temptation

I can resist everything except temptation.

El único modo de librarnos de la tentación es ceder a ella.

Stop, Basil! I won't hear it! cried Dorian, leaping to his feet. You must not tell me about things. 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.

We are punished for our refusals. Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us.

Don't lose your temper; you have only got one.

Yaln?zca s?? kiÅŸiler bir duygudan kurtulmak için y?llar?n geçmesini beklerler. Kendinin efendisi olan bir insan, nas?l kolayca bir zevk icat edebilirse, ac?s?n? da ayn? kolayl?kla sona erdirebilir.

All excess, as well as renunciation, brings its own punishment.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

I can resist anything except temptation - Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892)

El único camino para deshacerse de la tentación es ceder a ella

Frank Harris has no feelings. It is the secret of his success. Just as the fact that he thinks that other people have none either is the secret of the failure that lies in wait for him somewhere on the way of Life.

We are all affected by our pasts, but it is within our power not to let what we have done to dictate what we will do.

The world falling apart isn't an excuse to take up bad habits...

I have tried to live my life by: I cannot control others. I can only control myself and my reactions to others. And when all else fails, I choose kindness. I show compassion. Then, if I have made poor choices, I have at least not damaged my spirit.