Quotes About Self-control

No, no, no, no,no,' he gasped. 'You can't bring up your mum and dad while your hand is down there, Finke

You can't go around feeling too much.

If she allowed herself to give in to the whole sadness of it, she'd never ever be able to operate like a normal person again.

You bring your own weather in your life.

The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.

It takes a good habit to replace a bad habit.

The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.

He does not rule us. No one can rule us. No one can rule anyone who does not first agree to the ruling." She smiled a trace at Aeriel and patted the little camp dog, which was whining for more tidbits. "One must rule oneself.

Homem que baba não morde.

Quem pede sempre, não sabe querer.

A self-disciplined person defines success by effectiveness.

As Socrates said, "Know thyself." Cicero said, "Control thyself." And as Jesus taught, "Give thyself.

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.

Never hate your enemies, it affects you judgment.

In this world are many people who do not master their bodies. Such people say that no one can tell them what to do, not even God, and they think that in this way they have no master. In the end they become slaves to anything.

Ne možemo jednostavno iz sje?anja izbrisati svoje osje?aje i duhovne rane - to se ljudskim snagama jedostavno ne može - iako se možemo disciplinirati i nepostupati u skladu s njima.

I will simply express my strong belief, that that point of self-education which consists in teaching the mind to resist its desires and inclinations, until they are proved to be right, is the most important of all, not only in things of natural philosophy, but in every department of daily life.

One becomes free, Socrates seems to have taught, not by fulfilling all desires but by eliminating desire.

I will admit to feeling a little contempt for those who can't keep quiet.

Remember: any fool can argue about anything, but it takes someone strong to hold their tongue to a fool.

Any behavior we resort to in order to avoid feeling what we are really feeling in any given moment is an addiction.

Those driven by emotion (children, the mentally ill, hormonal men and women alike) don't freak out when they get their way; they freak out when they're not getting their way.

They may have salt, sugar, and fat on their side, but we, ultimately, have the power to make choices. After all, we decide what to buy. We decide how much to eat.

Mastering others is force. Mastering yourself is true power.