Quotes About Self-control

He has given you a lot of rope. Don't forget that one end is tied around your neck.

Letty, it's just a business. Don't get emotional about it." She grinned. "You're a fine one to talk. You're the most emotional man I know." "The hell I am," he muttered. "I have a lot more self-control than you do, Madam President." "Let's not argue about that," Letty said

Junk the self-esteem emphasis and teach self-control and good behavior. Self-esteem has limited benefit, whereas self-control is linked to success in life. Leave behind the obsession with specialness and uniqueness. Do not automatically side with your child.

When More had said that a man who cannot restrain his passions is essentially cruel, he spoke the truth.

If one knew there would be enough then one wouldn't grab. That was another thing that was bad about the way we used to be. It was all grab grab grab while one could in case tomorrow one couldn't.)

Linden held that abortion was something that had been imposed upon women by men, Meta said that if it hadn't been for men having no self-control and simply using women as receptacles, abortion would never have been necessary. Either way, they were agreed that it was the fault of men.

Saya memang suka pada topi-topi serta benda-benda yang cantik, tapi saya tidak boleh menggadaikan masa depan saya untuk membeli barang-barang seperti itu.

La liberté, pensait-elle, c'est le choix de ce qui va vous asservir.

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

Temperance and labor are the two true physicians of man.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is.

Discipline is doing what you don't want to do so you can do what you want to do.

Don't sin by letting anger control you. Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil

You know what you're supposed to eat. We all do. Fresh fruits and vegetables, complex carbs, salads, whole grains, lean meats, more fish and poultry and less beef.… You know it, I know it, we all know it. So why do so many of us still go out and chow down cheeseburgers and fries every day? I'll tell you why: because it won't kill us. Not today.

You must hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anyone else says to you, don't let 'em get your goat. Try fightin' with your head for a change." —Atticus Finch, in To Kill a Mockingbird by

Something is easy not to do when it won't bankrupt you, destroy your career, ruin your relationships or wreck your health—today.

Every alcoholic who has stopped drinking can remember the last time he got drunk. For me, it was the night I drank so much Crown Royal my scrotum turned into a purple pouch with a gold-tasseled drawstring.

CONTROL MYSELF?!! I'm a MONSTER! Monsters don't control themselves! That's the whole IDEA!

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.

Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought - that is, with discipline.

In order to be a disciple we must deny ourselves—this is to exercise authority over our own spirit. We must take up the cross—this is to submit to Christ's authority. And we must follow—this is continued obedience. This is the road not to confinement, to bondage, to a stunted or arrested development, but to total personal freedom. It means not death but life, not a narrowly circumscribed life but "abundant" life.

Lord, deliver me from the urge to open my mouth when I should shut it. Give me the wisdom to keep silent where silence is wise. Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.