Quotes About Self-control

Anger is self-immolation.

Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Anger is a valid emotion. It's only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you don't want to do.

He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

None of us can afford to pay the price of resenting...because of what it does to us.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.

The longer I live, the more I observe that carrying around anger is the most debilitating to the person who bears it.

The problem with anger is that once it burns out, you're left with empty tanks.

Anger should never be an overnight guest.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Control yourself, it is not worth it. You will regret your rudeness afterwards, your sensitive nature will be troubled

Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry—at someone else or at herself—which meant that it was rare for her to shed tears.

Anger is useful only to a certain point. After that, it becomes rage, and rage will make you careless.

Anger, pride and competence are our real enemies.

Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.

There is no enemy more vicious than your own anger.

The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them.

Do not plunge thyself too far in anger.

It's been so long since I've let myself feel anger that I don't just feel it. It covers my mouth and I swallow it down, the taste sharp and metal as though I'm gnawing through foilware.

When you are angry, you make bad decisions in direct proportion to the level of your anger.

If you get angry easily, it may be because the seed of anger in you has been watered frequently over many years, and unfortunately you have allowed it or even encouraged it to be watered.