Quotes About Self-control

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.

When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.

I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.

They may have salt, sugar, and fat on their side, but we, ultimately, have the power to make choices. After all, we decide what to buy. We decide how much to eat.

Taking responsibility means not blaming yourself. Anything that takes away your power or your pleasure makes you a victim. Don't make yourself a victim of yourself!

Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.

Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin.

To rule yourself is the ultimate power

Self control is about being in charge of the direction our lives are taking. Now for the paradox: We get control of our lives, ultimately, not by will power but by surrender.

Real magic is not about gaining power over others: it is about gaining power over yourself.

Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline.

He puts the killing thing in his mouth but doesn't give it the power to kill him.

I don't recognize hate, I don't recognize bitterness, I don't recognize jealousy, I don't recognize greed. I don't give them power. They don't exist to me.

What matters most is recognition that 'I have my own will. I have my own agency. I have the power within myself to control what I do.'

To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.

It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds; for nothing in itself possesses the power to form our judgements.

The power to bring me out of solitude - or to push me back into it - had never belonged to another person. It was mine and only mine.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

A huge part of losing weight is believing you have the power to do it.

Do not be your own devil.

Healing doesn't mean the damage never existed. It means it no longer controls our lives

Viktor Frankl the Concentration camp survivalist said no matter how much mental or physical abuse had been given nobody could cause him to think something he didn't want to think

Half of your mastery of power comes from what you do NOT do, what you do not ALLOW yourself to get dragged into.