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Quotes About Self-control

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
~ Oscar Wilde
He who reigns within himself, and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
~ John Milton
Self discipline is one of the important ingredients of success.
~ Unknown
A powerful person is not he who out-wrestles others. A powerful person is he who can control himself when angry.
~ Prophet Muhammad
Wherever you go, whatever you are doing and whatever is happening around you, always take your own sunshine with you. Keep a hopeful attitude as an act of defiance in the tough times. Don't let the weather control your mood and don't let events control your attitude. If you can change things, do. If you can't, choose who you're going to be.
~ Unknown
Try to manage your anger since people can't manage their stupidity.
~ Unknown
The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.
~ Stephen R Covey
The development of willpower and self-discipline will certainly improve your life and give you more control.
~ Unknown
Think with your head don't feel with your heart keep in control of your Life.
~ Unknown
No one can depress you. No one can make you anxious. No one can hurt your feelings. No one can make you anything other than what you allow inside.
~ Ritu Ghatourey
Self-respect, Self-control and, Self-esteem are all parts of someones dignity.
~ Unknown
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
~ Unknown
Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
A book does not make bad jokes, drink too much or eat more than you can afford to pay for.
~ Unknown
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
~ James Allen
Distance is not a reason for infidelity or cheating in a relationship; patience and self-control is among what makes us human.
~ Unknown
Cheating is like eating fast food. You do it, you enjoy it, and then you end up feeling like sh...
~ Ritu Ghatourey
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Just because some people are fueled by drama doesn't mean you have to attend the performance.
~ Cheryl Richardson
If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
~ Satchel Paige
Never order food in excess of your body weight.
~ Erma Bombeck
According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat
~ Moliere
The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
~ Eric Hoffer
It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
~ Blaise Pascal