Quotes About Self-control

There's an old Cherokee tale in which a man tells his grandson, "There are two wolves fighting within me. One of them is angry and hateful, the other is generous and compassionate." When the boy asks, "Which one will win, Grandpa?" the old man answers, "The one I feed.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

Conserva tu dignidad. Si un perro te muerde, no muerdas al perro.

We may overindulge at times, but we then control ourselves and go back to a more moderate diet. There is a mudra that illustrates this situation quite well: "If the animal leaves the flock, I take it back to the flock. If it leaves again, I take it back again." Spiritual

Once you bid farewell to discipline you say goodbye to success

Onde you bid farewell to discipline you day goodbye to success

I realise that we're shaped by lots of other forces beyond just watching, listening and reading. We're all accidental victims of our parents' DNA; we are shaped by the luck of the draw, the circumstances in which we grew up and the education we received. But we all have two sets of very powerful tools that we completely control: our eyes and our ears. Watching others, listening to their advice and reading about people are three of the best things I ever did.

You have to avoid thinking of what upsets you. If not, it will take over your life.

It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a little further, ask around a bit, of course there are exciting things to discover.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness. I

To survive, much less succeed, I learned I could not give myself over to either pleasure or misery in excess. Whatever you felt was not important. To

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by 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.

Mma Ramotswe sighed. 'We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake.' That is true,' said Mma Potokwane sadly. 'There are many temptations in this life, but cake is probably one of the biggest of them.

Health consists with temperance alone.

And mistress of herself, though china fall.

People forget that the greatest conqueror is he who conquers himself.

Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.

He swore to all the world and to himself that he would remain decent. And as long as he had money, he remained decent. But then he ran out of money, which was a moment he had been waiting for, to show them all what he was made of.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city" (Prov. 16:32).

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city. Proverbs 16:32

Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.

I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.