Quotes About Self-control

Sometimes I get so frustrated with folk talking about how busy the devil is. Own your mess! You might be the devil. Stop inviting MESS into your life and blaming the devil!

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

I've never pumped myself up or made myself angry as some sportsmen do. I think that one should treat his opponent with great respect.

Even though some people give you no respect, be intelligent when you put them in check, cause when you're ignorant, you get treated that way.

Self confidence is the ability to exercise restraint in the face of disrespect and still show respect in response.

There is a raging tiger inside every man whom God put on this earth. Every man worthy of the respect of his children spends his life building inside himself a cage to pen that tiger in.

I'm not as angry as I used to be. But I can get in touch with that anger pretty quickly if I feel my space is being invaded or somebody is not treating me with the respect that I think I want.

We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self control.

If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.

Don't promise when you're happy, Don't reply when you're angry, and don't decide when you're sad.

Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.

Will you stop drinking whiskey? Let me plead with you to do so. And if the sisters would not think it oppressive, I would ask them to not drink quite so much strong tea.

Tobožnja stidljivost i kreposnost oblici su sebi?nosti, tek obi?ni postupci samozaštite koji su potrebni upravo zbog žestine naših vlastitih želja.

Consumerism has worked very hard, with the help of popular psychology ('Just do it!') to convince people that indulgence is good for you, whereas frugality is self-oppression. It

I choose to want to. This is of course false. I don't choose my desires. I only feel them, and act accordingly.

Consumerism has worked very hard, with the help of popular psychology ('Just do it') to convince people that indulgence is good for you, whereas frugality is self-oppression.

nothing the terrorists do can defeat us. We are the only ones who can defeat ourselves, if we overreact in a misguided way to their provocations.

in the past people had to exert great effort and undergo years of hard moral training in order to overcome their anger, their hatred, and their dangerous passions. But now, if your anger or passion threatens to overwhelm you, all you need to do is swallow a few pills. "Anybody can be virtuous now," concludes Mustapha. "You can carry at least half your morality about in a bottle.

to eat and drink in moderation, and to curb one's sexual appetites. In the long run, a deep friendship will make us more content than a frenzied orgy.

Consumerism has worked very hard, with the help of popular psychology ('Just do it') to convince people that indulgence is good for you, whereas frugality is self-oppression. It has succeeded. We

We all have vices, visible and invisible. Some we deliberately keep secret. Others we don't even realize or we refuse to admit we have…Vices can be lots of fun, or they can turn your life into a living hell. Accept them for what they are, just another aspect of the mind's creation, and you can enjoy them—if you choose—without being broken by them. - Zeena Schreck for VICE Magazine

When you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them.

When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.

James offers a different way: Hush up, listen carefully, ask questions, don't jump to conclusions, and put a lid on your anger so you don't ruin the moment and, perhaps, the relationship.