Quotes About Self-control

True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.

Before I became a Muslim, I ate pork and chased women--but all that stuff stopped.

Forebearence is the dress of a scholar, so do not get yourself undressed of it.

I moved a part of my bed a little distance away from the domain of fear and desire.

The most reasonable way of blessings and honesties will be obtained through opposing sensuality.

Abstaining from anger and sex is like popcorn in the oven, thoughts quickly cook.

Awareness is the freedom of the mind from false desires.

You will feel eternity in life if you find the balance of your own balance and self-control.

Are we not all chained down by our mood-swings sometimes?

Begin by mastering your emotions, then your mind.

From a quick observation one can see that all addictions come from the source of ignorance or from having too many choices at your service.

Good habits lead to the land of perfectionism.

Hold your moods so tight. Never let them to swing all over the place.

Maturity should become our daily practices and never to allow any immature thought to penetrate through the mind without our knowledge of its presence.

New Revelation from Heaven: The sin is not in wine, but in drunkenness and loss of self-control or conscience. If you don't lose your awareness, which isn't guaranteed, then you're good to enjoy your wine in peace.

Pure philosophy is not for the impulsive souls. People who are still offended by simple words or a finger pointed at them.

Purify your actions and words, so that you will not add more fuel to those who lack these attributes within them.

Sin is when you knowingly overdo something. But if you do it in moderation, you're still in the safe zone.

There is no room to feel pain after you have become wise. No more surprises compared to the ignorant. Self-mastery is the first chapter of achieving wisdom.

Those who hate me have to pay the price of frowning every time they see me.

You are crying for freedom because you have allowed your temper to go wild.

You can't claim control over the physical body if you can't control your appetite for food.

Proverbs 25:28 says, "Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control." In other words, if we do not control our own lives from the inside, somebody else will control them from the outside.

But since such an institution is made up of imperfect human beings with the same unruly passions as anyone else, "In framing a government of men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself."3