Quotes About Self-control

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Real adulthood is the result of two qualities: self-discipline and self-reliance. The process of developing them together in balance is called maturing.

Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight.

He who would govern others, first should be master of himself.

When you doubt, abstain.

We should always be realistic about our needs, steer clear of this over indulgence & self imposed poverty nonsense.

Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

It doesn't matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power.

Those who have conquered themselves...live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame...To such people a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same...Because they are impartial, they rise to great heights.

He who rules his spirit has won a greater victory than the taking of a city.

Self-pity is like chocolate; as you get older, you can only afford a little bit.

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

Insight doesn't necessarily produce self-control. Sometimes you just see your destructiveness more clearly.

The greatest form of power is the power to control one's self not the power to control others.

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to power

Self-respect takes self-control, self-control takes practice, and practice takes determination.

Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.