Quotes About Self-control

A real man will give up a one nightstand for a woman he can't stand one night without!!!

Take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take care of your words when you are with people.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Blessed are they that have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their diets.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Did any man at his death ever regret his conflicts with himself, his victories over appetite, his scorn of impure pleasure, or his sufferings for righteousness' sake?

It is childish to eat primarily or only to please your tongue.

Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.

The one who is [truly] imprisoned is the one whose heart is imprisoned from Allah and the captivated one is the one whose desires have enslaved him.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of the world may not be tasteless to thee.

Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass through without affecting your equanimity.

Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.

We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.

Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires.

My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.

It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation… either because I enjoy the prospect or because I'm not determined enough in my desire to overcome it.

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen" -- which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.

Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.