Quotes About Self-control

TÚ quieta, aunque el trapecio todavía se mueva y te delate.

The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress.

I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.

You can keep going on much less attention than you crave.

La codicia os daña: la generosidad os ayuda. Por eso se ha dicho: "La codicia es la madre de la incapacidad".

El hombre impaciente es su propio enemigo, cierra de golpe la puerta de su propio progreso.

Si insistes en comprar mala comida, debes estar preparado para que no te apetezca comerla.

Restraint. The original purpose of cultivating restraint is so that eventually one will not need to have restraint.

if it happens that the soul is attached or inclined to a thing inordinately, that one should move himself, putting forth all his strength, to come to the contrary of what he is wrongly drawn to.

when you are stressed, if you take three deep breaths before you say or do anything, this will help prevent you from making choices you might regret later.

During the downward spirals, Hank would go to the brink, then pull himself back in the nick of time. He did it so many times that he probably made the fatal mistake of thinking he could always do it

Like Lilly, she saw the alcoholism in terms of self-control, a view that was reinforced by the fact that there were times when Hank could control it

I get over it quickly and never lose control of myself.

Do not be too ready to speak of it [Goodness], lest the doing of it should prove to be beyond your powers.

There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.

holding to rage is like holding a piece of glowing coal. It burns only him.

A good decisions are never brought in a state of rage.

Emotions and irrational thoughts tend to cloud our mind. They make our mind foggy so we can't think in the ways we should when situations arise. When our minds become cloudy, we don't always think before we act or speak. Instead, we act irrationally and sometimes quickly, which could easily make the situation worse.

This acknowledging disposition in the governor made them all acknowledge, that he was truly "a man of an excellent spirit." In fine, the victories of an Alexander, an Hannibal, or a Caesar over other men, were not so glorious as the victories of this great man over himself, which also at last proved victories over other men.

I haven't had a drink in thirteen years, but occasionally I'm tempted to have one beer. The problem is that if I have that one beer, I wake up in Tijuana four days later with a tattoo and a sore ass.

As my dear wife occasionally reminds me: "Never miss an opportunity to shut the fuck up.

Wise people put as much distance between themselves and sexual temptation as possible. They not only get away but also plan their escape route.

Like a sneeze, sin feels good at first, but it leaves a huge mess.