Quotes About Self-control

So how can you avoid letting these subtle emotions get the best of you? Get some distance.

Habits are behavioral autopilot, and that's why they're such a critical tool for leaders. Leaders who can instill habits that reinforce their teams' goals are essentially making progress for free. They've changed behavior in a way that doesn't draw down the Rider's reserves of self-control.

Many people have discovered that, when it comes to changing their own behavior, environmental tweaks beat self-control every time.

Why did they quit so easily? The answer may surprise you: They ran out of self-control.

The more instinctive a behavior becomes, the less self-control from the Rider it requires, and thus the more sustainable it becomes.

When people try to change things, they're usually tinkering with behaviors that have become automatic, and changing those behaviors requires careful supervision by the Rider. The bigger the change you're suggesting, the more it will sap people's self-control.

And when people exhaust their self-control, what they're exhausting are the mental muscles needed to think creatively, to focus, to inhibit their impulses, and to persist in the face of frustration or failure. In other words, they're exhausting precisely the mental muscles needed to make a big change.

I only ask that we think carefully before we act. Let us not, in our anger, do something we will regret later. It is easy to start a bonfire, hard to put it out.

Now that she no longer cares whether tears blotch her letter, she feels no need to weep.

The problem with me is, anything that's easy I will just overdo it. Especially with clothes. But I'm 14 - my mom is super-strict about that.

Avoid intense anger or hatred. Intense negative emotions rupture the protective webs, thereby attracting and enabling foreign intruders or negative elementals to overwhelm the person. As a result, the person becomes temporarily "insane" or "possessed" and does very bad things.

Earning lots of money is good. To be wealthy is good. Wealth must preferably be in the hands of spiritually developed people with goodwill and the will to do good. But if the spiritual disciple loses his self-control, this may manifest as greed, ruthlessness, and deception. All of these must also be eliminated. Excessive, unregulated desire for money may also divert the spiritual disciple from his spiritual practice. This must be avoided.

One could only trudge away from the place to which one had hurried in such hope at the start. One could only begin again, a year older, and resolve to carry oneself in such a way that the pressure wave of the tragedy was contained within one's own body, and could not spread one inch further.

The cakes and pies and casseroles beckoned like gastronomic sirens, and there was no one to lash me to the mast.

Lack of discipline is an invader, constantly searching for ways into your life, testing your defenses at every turn. It is a time-traveling bandit that steals from the pockets of the future you and tosses a fraction of that future reward to your present self while keeping the rest.

Too many peanut butter crackers," said Billy. "Too many peanut butter crackers Ã¢â'¬Â¦

Tyler turned down the candy because it would make him run slower.

Nothing is so inconsistent with the life of any Christian as overindulgence. —The Rule of Benedict

When you permit an outside agency to control your feelings and emotions at frequent intervals for a prolonged period, your system will soon get into the habit of submitting to the control of this outside agency, and will not respond any longer to any effort that the will may make to regain its original power of control.

Moderators are able to enjoy a small bowl of ice cream and leave it at that. Abstainers find that one bowl of ice cream inevitably leads to finishing off the carton, and one cookie is never enough. Abstainers tend to do best when they abstain from all sugar for five or six days per week, leaving a day or two for eating whatever they want. Are you a moderator or an abstainer?

Il faut apprendre à se faire chier même quand ce n'est pas nécessaire, sinon après on ne peut pas le supporter.

She stayed as quiet as she could. This, she found, was the trick: you didn't have to react to each little thing. You could just exist. Let your mind simmer over a low fire.

I feel myself battening down, fortressing

Well, then," Mrs. Byrne says. "Let's get back to work. Dorothy, your suitcase is in the foyer. We'll discuss sleeping arrangements at supper." She turns to leave, then adds, "We keep strict hours for mealtimes. Breakfast at eight, lunch at twelve, supper at six. There is no snacking between meals. Self-discipline is one of the most important qualities a young lady can possess.