Quotes About Self-control

Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.

for Continental philosophy, the idea of consciousness and of an independent self-agency is ultimately a useless fantasy that boils down to an impossible desire for self-control – because it is impossible for us to know all that goes on in the mind at any one time.

First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered... . Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. Consider none your superior whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly, or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your beliefs and others will listen.

If parents can instill self-control in their children, they can achieve a powerful and important effect that will benefit their offspring for years to come. Indulgent parenting and an excessive concern with maximizing children's self-esteem may, however, be detrimental to self-control, producing instead a personality that is weak, narcissistic, and self-indulgent.

Both anger and alcohol put people in the position where, paradoxically, they have knowledge that moves them to act but also lack the wisdom needed to act well.

Be cautious of what is within you; block off what is outside you, for much knowledge will do you harm.

All men have limits. They learn what they are and they learn not to exceed them. I ignore mine.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)

Be careful in the company of monsters that you don't become one.

It took work to keep the mind, the heart, and emotions clean and orderly.

Many's the man lost much just because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing (page 64)

Wait on no mood.

The surest test of discipline is it's absence.

The difference between the insane and the not-insane person is that the latter doesn't do or say the things he thinks.

Not to be devoured is the secret objective of a whole existence.

Por eso recomienda tanto la calma y la paciencia, en primer lugar consigo mismo. «Guardaos de las precipitaciones y de las inquietudes, porque no hay nada que nos estorbe más para caminar en la perfección» (Carta a Santa Chantal, 57, colec. Blaise).

Leaving the day to itself, you close the door behind you and pour a bowl of cereal, then another, and would a third if you didn't interrupt yourself with the statement - you aren't hungry. Appetite won't attach you to anything no matter how depleted you feel.

Do not skip meals if you don't feel well. Fasting is only good when you live well with discipline.

The world can only be limitless and boundless if you let it control yourself and rule over you.

If you save your breath, I feel like a man you can manage.

One parent is enough to spoil you but discipline takes two. I got too much of what I wanted and not enough of what I needed.

If I cannot have too many truffles I will do without.

I am perfectly well aware that May has not a will that overcomes mine, but an inner mechanism superior to my own, a whirling driving-power that is never slowed down by thoughts. She has taught me that one can dine without being hungry, talk without saying anything, laugh from sheer force of habit, drink out of human respect and live with a man in a state of complete servility while maintaining all the appearances of frantic independence.