Quotes About Self-control

Being a dancer meant you nearly always thought about food.

Anyone, any type of story, it doesnt have to be a crime victim, you dont have to let yourself be food for the media.

I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.

At the end of every diet the path curves back toward the trough.

Never eat more than you can lift.

She used to diet on any kind of food she could lay her hands on.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Many people believe in turning the other cheek, especially when it is your cheek.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

He who curbs his desires will always be rich enough.

Bear and forbear.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

It is important not to confuse freedom with mere permissiveness

Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.

Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.

Without discipline, there can be no freedom.

We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.

Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom.

As a stoic I must despise injury or, rather, I must not feel it, must not be affected by it so that it cannot violate the freedom of my soul.