Quotes About Self-control

A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.

He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.

Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out oneís own glory.

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.

An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.

He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighborís wife or approach a woman during her period.

I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.

If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.