Quotes About Self-control

One of the reasons intermittent fasting can work is that it reconnects you with what hunger feels like.

In fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work.

You know what they say, 'You have to work at wisdom; you have to take pains to be reasonable, but to be foolish, just let yourself go.

Work, especially good work, becomes easy only when desire has learnt to discipline itself.

You can't be at the same time a spiritual master and someone who is always angry. It doesn't work.

It's never too late to redefine self-control, to change long-ingrained habits, and to do the work you're capable of.

A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.

You can't be crazy and wild when you're on work time. But, I like it, in that sense I think it makes you a better person for having matured at a younger age.

Willpower isn't just a skill. It's a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there's less power left over for other things.

If you want to do something that requires willpower - like going for a run after work - you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.

Two drinks a day. Two drinks a day. TWO DRINKS A DAY! It doesn't work! Not when you want eleven, and not when you start shopping for wine glasses in the vase department at Bloomingdales.

I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.

Tantra is not for a hedonist at all. It won't work. If you're heavily attracted to sensual experiences, tantra will definitely not be of any use to you.

Self-control is completely necessary for increasing and raising your attention level. One of the places you practice that is at work.

Never drink if you've got any work to do. Never.

Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.

Can we go to work now? Because we're about a minute away from breaking out the ice cream and talking about our feelings, and I don't think we can come back from that.

I eat a lot of fruit because if I fill up on strawberries or an apple, then I'll have one small piece of cheesecake rather than two big pieces.

I've never been in a street fight.

If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.

It takes so much strength to say to your ego, 'You know what? You're going to keep me lonely, so I have to ignore you.'

Don't eat because you're angry, bored, sad, or stressed.

'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.

I am healthy because of my strict diet. I can eat anything, but I don't eat everything.