Quotes About Self-control

it is far easier to avoid creating envy in the first place than to get rid of it once it is there, ...

Be like a slippery ball that cannot be held: Let no one know what gets to you, or where your weaknesses lie.

frente a los agresivos, retírate, déjalos conseguir sus pequeñas victorias.

Related to mastering your emotions is the ability to distance yourself from the present moment and think objectively about the past and future.

Daily Law: It is simple: depending on others is misery; depending on yourself is power.

It is sometimes best to leave things alone. If there is something you want but cannot have, show contempt for it. The less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem.

a person who cannot control his words shows that he cannot control himself, and is unworthy of respect.

To go along with this self-control, we must do whatever we can to cultivate a greater memory capacity—one of the most important skills in our technologically oriented environment.

First, the Laws will work to transform you into a calmer and more strategic observer of people, helping to free you from all the emotional drama that needlessly drains you.

No matter how hard people try to pull you in, never let your interest in their affairs and petty squabbles go beyond the surface.

Rising Pressure The people around you generally appear sane and in control of their lives. But put any of them in stressful circumstances, with the pressure rising, and you will see a different reality. The cool mask of self-control comes off. They suddenly lash out in anger, reveal a paranoid streak, and become hypersensitive and often petty.

it does sometimes happen that it is better to let your enemies destroy themselves, if such a thing is possible, than to make them suffer by your hand.

Hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time.

If you cannot help being charming and superior, you must learn to avoid such monsters of vanity. Either that, or find a way to mute your good qualities when in the company of a Cesare Borgia.

The Truth is simple but the Way of Man is hard. First you must learn to control your self. The rest follows. Blessed is he who knows himself and commands himself, for the world is his and love and happiness and peace walk with him wherever he goes. Thou art God. Know that and the Way is opened. I love you. Thou art God. -Valentine Michael Smith

Transitions Needed • Learn to accept responsibility for your behaviors. • Learn appropriate ways to handle or release ager. • Learn how to communicate directly. • Learn alternative ways to handle stress.

It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword. --- Ingtar Shinowa ---

Keep your mind out of the pigsty, man!

It is all right to hate them, Egwene. It is. They deserve it. But it isn't all right to let them make you like they are.

There was a limit to how many insults a man could swallow in silence.

Letting emotions go clouds judgment for a moment, but holding them in clouds it always. Just be sure you do not release them too often, or when it is best to keep control of them.

Letting emotions go clouds judgment for a moment, but holding them in clouds it always. Just

Just be an observer, not a reactor, to your emotions.

Like trying to keep a fatman out of the refrigerator. 'Lila