Quotes About Self-control

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

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.

He knitted a good deal, he would tell you if you asked him, to keep himself from smoking, adding that he also smoked a good deal to keep himself from knitting.

the more brutal or austere the diet, the harder it is to keep.

When your crow's-feet begin to creep over your cheekbones, you are too old to be out after midnight more than twice a week. Also: If you love one man, don't flirt and drink with another. It's not rocket science

Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don't kick you around.

Màs vale hombre paciente que valiente, mejor dominarse que conquistar ciudades

Persons of strong character are usually the happiest. They do not blame others for troubles that can be traced to their own actions and lack of understanding. They know that no one has the power to add to their happiness or detract from it, unless they themselves allow the adverse thoughts or wicked actions of others to affect them.

Do not do what you want, and then you may do what you like.

Do not allow yourself to be thrashed by the provoking whip of a beautiful face

If devotees do not progress, it is because they discard their weapons of self-control;

Be comfortable within your purse, he often said. Extravagance will buy you discomfort.

Do not allow yourself to be thrashed by the provoking whip of a beautiful face," he told the disciples. "How can sense slaves enjoy the world? Its subtle flavours escape them while they grovel in primal mud. All nice discriminations are lost to the man of elemental lusts.

The more your mind resists a bad habit instead of embracing it gleefully, the more you will build up the inner strength eventually to overcome it. Thus

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."24

Abstente de hacer lo que deseas, y podrás entonces hacer lo que te plazca».

How easy it is for the majority of people to be tempted materially, to languish spiritually and do the very things that will hurt themselves.

I have now mentioned several important attributes of success — positive thoughts, dynamic will, self-analysis, initiative, and self-control. Many popular books stress one or more of these, but fail to give credit to the Divine Power behind them. Attunement with the Divine Will is the most important factor in attracting success.

Conserve your powers. Be like the capacious ocean, absorbing within all the tributary rivers of the senses. Small yearnings are openings in the reservoir of your inner peace, permitting healing waters to be wasted in the desert soil of materialism. The forceful activating impulse of wrong desire is the greatest enemy to the happiness of man. Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don't kick you around.

The forceful activating impulse of wrong desire is the greatest enemy to the happiness of man. Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don't kick you around." The

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." I

If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on Earth can take that happiness from you

By the duty to be happy, I thus refer to the ideology... that urges us to evaluate everything in terms of pleasure and displeasure...on the one hand, we have to make the most of our lives; on the other, we have to be sorry and punish ourselves if we don't succeed in doing so. This is a perversion of a very beautiful idea: that everyone has a right to control his own destiny and to improve his life.

When one is confirmed in celibacy, spiritual vigor is gained.