Quotes About Self-control

Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. —Erica Jong

Without mindfulness, we let our old, habitual behaviors and emotions cause us to wipe out in the tumultuous surf.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control (2 Timothy 1:7 AMP)

All you need is love. It sounded true but wasn't. You needed a hell of a lot more than that. You needed tolerance and self-control, and you needed empathy and strength and discipline and flexibility. You needed serenity and good luck.

Step on my toe. Must I curse? I may. Must I forgive you? I may. Must I yell? I may. Must I smile? I may. What I do will reflect my character, but it is "I" who will act and not just react like a bell ringing when a button is pushed.

O coffee! By the mighty Name of Power do I invoke thee, consecrating thee to the Service of the Magic of Light. Let the pulsations of my heart be strong and regular and slow! Let my brain be wakeful and active in its supreme task of self-control! That my desired end may be effected through Thy strength, Adonai, unto Whom be the Glory for ever! Amen without lie, and Amen, and Amen of Amen.

O coffee! By the mighty Name of Power do I invoke thee, consecrating thee to the Service of the Magic of Light. Let the pulsations of my heart be strong and regular and slow! Let my brain be wakeful and active in its supreme task of self-control!

You've worked hard for that flat gut. Trust it.

I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.

To roughly paraphrase Paul, why do I do what I don't want to do and don't do what I want to do?

In his bachelor's heart of hearts, he loved pie with an intensity that alarmed him. Yet, when he was offered seconds, he usually refused. "Wouldn't you like another piece of this nice coconut pie, Father?" he might be asked. "No, I don't believe I'd care for anymore," he'd say. An outright lie!

What is it about food that's bad for you that makes you feel so good?" I asked. "And why can't I feel this way about lettuce?

Angry people are not always wise.

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

There were moments, I could now see, when it was understandable to completely go off your rocker. The easiest and most reasonable and maybe proper thing to do in the world, to lose hold of yourself.

True discipline guides, teaches, and invites healthy behavior. As you may have discovered, you can never really control anyone's behavior but your own, and attempts to control your child usually create more problems and power struggles.

Please don't tell me to relax it's only my tension that's holding me together.

When I buy cookies I eat just four and throw the rest away. But first I spray them with Raid so I won't dig them out of the garbage later. Be careful, though, because that Raid really doesn't taste that bad.

The irrational fear gene lives on in us all. It's irritating, but these things need to be handled the same way as when you've taken a bad drug. Simply tell yourself how these crazy thoughts and anxieties are just down to the drug, nothing else. Then arm yourself, just in case. Damn

The woman is seen as the seductress, the occasion of sin. But in John Paul's mind, lust is a problem of the heart, not the body. Blaming the body for lust is a loophole to avoid the true issue: our hearts.104 If every woman clothed herself from head to toe, lust would remain. Put differently, a thief does not become a philanthropist when jewels are locked away. The cause of theft is not the jewels in the window of the store but the greed in the heart of the robber.

What we do repeatedly hardens into habits. The longer you carry on, the tougher it is to change. All your best intentions about doing the right thing "later" are no match for the power of habits.

I got into shape because I took kick-boxing lessons every day to prepare for a fight scene with Taylor Lautner. I really wanted to lie down and eat Chinese food, but I kick-boxed every morning and ran. If someone was filming you with your kit off, you'd do the same thing.

I want to have a good body, but not as much as I want dessert.

Only you can control your future.