Quotes About Self-control

It was Tigerstar's ambition that destroyed him. If he had been willing to wait for power to come to him, he would've been the greatest leader in the forest.

Your mind is your master.

Don't be blurred by impulse, to avoid regrets, refrain from doing things that will make you regret.

You are the slave of your mind!

The quest to sin always knocks at the door of the heart, but behold! You have the right and will to open your door or never to mind the knocks, no matter how intense it is!

Most powerful is he who has himself in his power.

God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.

If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.

When faced with trials, pray so that you cannot be the trial yourself.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

Imperturbability means coolness and presence of mind under all circumstances, calmness amid storm, clearness of judgment in moments of grave peril, immobility, impassiveness, or, to use an old and expressive word, phlegm.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the Fume is spent; For every Stroke our Fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last.

The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible

She cried a little, but only inside, because long ago she had decided she didn't like crying because if you ever started to cry it seemed as if there was so much to cry about you almost couldn't stop, and she didn't like that at all.

Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator.

Have more than thou showest,Speak less than thou knowest,Lend less than thou owest.

BewareOf entrance to a quarrel, but, being in,Bear 't that th' opposed may beware of thee.Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.

Refrain tonight;And that shall lend a kind of easinessTo the next abstinence: the next more easy;For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

Do not give dallianceToo much the rein.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

I will be the pattern of all patience.

Beware Of entrance to a quarrel but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy rich, not gaudy For the apparel oft proclaims the man.