Quotes About Self-control

The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy.

Let reason govern desire.

Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle and shameless it is.

Be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.

I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown.

Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.

Contrary to what you believe, the earth does not revolve around the desires of your crotch.

Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

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

While a man desires a woman, His mind is boundAs closely as a calf to its mother.As you would pluck an autumn lily, Pluck the arrow of desire.

Through readiness and discipline, we are the masters of our fate.

The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.

Some people who have been working out regularly for months or even years are still out of shape because the number of cheat days they have in a week exceeds six.

I have tried every diet to lose weight. When you restrict yourself, you're setting yourself up for failure.

Remove yourself from temptation. Don't even look at something if you know you shouldn't have it.

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

No dignity without distance.

It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.

Control yourself, not your dreams.

Try to force celibacy upon yourself and your dreams will become sexual, they will have a quality of sexuality.