Quotes About Self-control

I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake.

I was warned to stop smoking, which I did, for two or three days, but it was too lonesome, and I have resumed — in a modified way — 4 smokes a day instead of 40. This will have a good effect. On the bank balance.

When angry, count to four when very angry, swear.

Do you mind if I don't smoke?

Golf is good for the soul. You get so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.

Knock yourself out... Or rather, don't.

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)

The reason I'm not an alcoholic is I don't like to drink in front of the kids . . . and when you're away from them, who needs it?.

In this scene, I'm talking about how much I don't like cookies.... I'm sayin', 'Listen, guys. Have you read the book? We're not supposed to be eating.'

I know I have to stop. We all have to stop. Funny how knowing something's a bad idea doesn't make a difference.

Many obese people spend a significant amount of their energy on suppressing the urge to tell some of the people who are staring at them that they do not eat as much and as frequently as they seem to.

The rage that had expolded inside me diffused. I didn't know where it had come from. I had a short temper and often acted impulsively, but this had been intense and ugly even for me. Weird.

One can hardly do anything productive when one knows there is cake in the fridge.

There are cases when I can make myself better off by restricting my future choices and commit myself to a specific course of action.

I lost control of myself a couple times in the playoffs. I have to keep cooler in the future.

The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.

The ultimate goal of yoga is to always observe things accurately, and therefore never act in a way that will make us regret our actions later.

Decision-making takes care of goal-setting, but discipline also takes care of goal-getting. Decisions and discipline can't be separated; one is worthless without the other.

An artist's fine goal is to manifest a well-nigh heroic self-discipline, carefully attending to all that concerns him.

Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of those pieces

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.