Quotes About Self-control

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise

La acción libra del mal sentimiento, y es el mal sentimiento el que envenena el alma.

Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason.

It's exhilarating to come closer and closer to self-discipline.

But no social change can come about until the consciousness of individuals is changed first. When a young man asked Carlyle how he should go about reforming the world, Carlyle answered, "Reform yourself. That way there will be one less rascal in the world." The advice is still valid. Those who try to make life better for everyone without having learned to control their own lives first usually end up making things worse all around.

Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed, and still kept within the bounds of reason. If a person learns to control his instinctual desires, not because he has to, but because he wants to, he can enjoy himself without becoming addicted. A

When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. They

The fathers of the Church well understood that infatuation with the pleasures of the flesh could easily drain psychic energy away from other goals.

A person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is actually happening "outside," just by changing the contents of consciousness. We

The important thing is that the energy is under their own control

La persona que no puede resistirse a la comida o al alcohol, o cuya mente está siempre pensando en el sexo, no es libre para dirigir su energía psíquica.

Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.

I try my best to be extremely disciplined about my diet.

We need to become different people in our responses to others, building character traits that allow us to handle their craziness without becoming victims. When we become different, people will respond to us differently. But most important, we'll have the strength of character and the boundaries that allow us to be emotionally healthy, no matter what others do.

We won't be able to eliminate the drama in our lives or escape all the crazies. But we can actually learn to live responsively instead of reactively, being positive when others are negative.

We can't stop various events from happening, and we can't choose what other people do or say. Crazy people will always be present in our lives.

People can't drive you crazy if you don't give them the keys.

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

Some people are willing to pay the price and it's the same with staying healthy or eating healthy. There's some discipline involved. There's some sacrifices.

You see people who have been very heavy in their life who have taken that body, trimmed it down, firmed it up through discipline, exercise and being able to say no. Eating properly, that all comes into it.

I think your alcohol intake has to change. You know, usually a big person feels they can drink anything they want to and as much as they want to and I've cut that way back.

What they sell to the masses are the chains you must break if you are ever to be in control of your life.

I resist my temptations in order to feel i am free.