Quotes About Self-control

Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain.

I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.

Ever since I was little, I loved to eat. I started eating when I wasn't hungry. My weight has always been up and down.

The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.

I started boxing at 12, and I was above weight for my age, so they put me in the ring with adults... When you're fighting all the time, it gives you the ability to fight without getting angry.

All my life I've had a weight problem. As a child, I loved to eat. I would hide from my mother and drink whole cans of condensed milk in my room.

You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.

The last show we played, I was straight as a die. It did feel weird not to be hiding behind alcohol or dope, but being focused was... good.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.

These are big trade-offs for a simple piece of cake - add five hundred calories, subtract well-being, allure, and self-esteem - and the feelings behind them are anything but vain or shallow.

The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future well-being.

I keep my emotions to myself. I have never lost my temper in public, I have never wept in public.

The Western day is indeed nearing when the inner science of self-control will be found as necessary as the outer conquest of nature. This new Atomic Age will see men's minds sobered and broadened by the now scientifically indisputable truth that matter is in reality a concentrate of energy.

Get practiced at taking deep breaths before you speak. This will give you the space to stop, notice what was about to come out of your mouth, and course correct if needed.

Practicing love is a difficult thing to do. It's much easier to get angry.

We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.

I am not a character who gets carried away with good or bad performances and I won't get carried away by bigger or lesser critics. It's the same when you get praise. You can't get carried away with that.

You don't want to be too proud, to get carried away, but if people give you praise, you don't want to throw it back.

I don't come from a space where I gush and praise - the world is doing enough of that.

I try not to let praise or criticism affect me.

If you play well, you are praised; if you play badly, you are criticised. Everyone should try to manage it the way they want to.