Quotes About Self-control

The human spirit craves for mastery over its carnal shell.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. – Friedrich Nietzsche

La calma interior es decisiva para una actuación convincente.

Never give up a possible advantage for a moment of ego gratification

The hard work, you discover over the years, is in learning to discern between correct and incorrect anxiety, between the anxiety that's trying to warn you about a real danger and the anxiety that's nothing more than a lying, sadistic, unrepentant bully in your head.

And if there are any two moral stances that our times call for, they are precisely these, self-restraint and compassion.

Academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life. The brightest among us can founder on the shoals of unbridled passions and unruly impulses; people with high IQs can be stunningly poor pilots of their private lives.

There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. It is the root of all emotional self-control, since all emotions, by their very nature, lead to one or another impulse to act.

Los indicadores de la autorregulación emocional son, por consiguiente, fáciles de ver: tendencia a reflexionar y a meditar, comodidad ante la ambigüedad y el cambio, y también integridad, es decir, capacidad de reprimir deseos impulsivos.

Podríamos decir que quienes se hallan a merced de sus impulsos –quienes carecen de autocontrol– adolecen de una deficiencia moral porque la capacidad de controlar los impulsos constituye el fundamento mismo de la voluntad y del carácter. Por

Attunement to others demands a modicum of calm in oneself.

emotional intelligence, which include self-control, zeal and persistence, and the ability to motivate oneself.

emotional intelligence counts more than IQ or expertise

I can foresee a day when education will routinely include inculcating essential human competencies such as self-awareness, self-control, and empathy, and the arts of listening, resolving conflicts, and cooperation.

Aristotle put it, the rare skill "to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way.

First, emotional intelligence

los remedios más poderosos para acabar con el enfado consiste en volver a encuadrar la situación en un marco más positivo.

managing feelings so

There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. It is the root of all emotional self-control, since all emotions, by their very nature, lead to one or another impulse to act. What shows up in a small way early in life blossoms into a wide range of social and emotional competences as life goes on. The capacity to impose a delay on impulse is at the root of a plethora of efforts, from staying on a diet to pursuing a medical degree.

self-control, conscientiousness, and empathy. For successful retail store managers, the key competencies

Não é a tagarelice das pessoas à nossa volta que constitui a fonte mais poderosa das distrações, mas antes a tagarelice das nossas próprias mentes. A concentração absoluta exige que estas vozes interiores sejam silenciadas.

the difference quite often lies in the abilities called here emotional intelligence, which include self-control, zeal and persistence, and the ability to motivate oneself.

A sobrecarga cognitiva crónica que caracteriza tantas das nossas vidas parece diminuir o nosso nível de domínio de nós mesmos. Quanto maiores as exigências sobre a nossa atenção, ao que parece, mais fracos somos a resistir às tentações.

Life immersed in digital distractions creates a near-constant cognitive overload. And that overload wears out self-control. Forget that resolve to diet. Lost in the digital world we mindlessly reach for the Pringles.