Quotes About Self-control

Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life.

Be superior to pleasure.

I am trying not to let it bother me because jealousy is a mean, unpleasant feeling that only eats you from the inside.

Every time a girl refuses to eat, she one-ups Eve.

I wake up the next morning renewed. I am a girl with a plan. I'm just going to have to avoid Josh forever. It's as simple as that.

of the corner of my eye, I see the boys watching us. Elaine and I pretend not to notice, and I know that she's just as aware of the boys as I am. We're doing pretty well until the boys start to snicker, and even then we keep our cool. But then I hear the boys guffawing, and that is pretty hard to ignore.

It's disappointing, how little self-control boys have.

If only I'd remembered that old proverb: When three people say you are drunk, go to sleep.

I wish I could give him something for his nerves, but of course, I can't. I remind myself (as I often do) never to become so addicted to drugs or alcohol that I'm not allowed to use them.

Also she signed away the right to self-destruct years ago. The fine print on the birth certificate, her friend calls it.

No man ever repented that he arose from the table sober, healthful, and with his wits about him.

there is no good in frequently seeing objects which may one day lead to your captivity, or in making trial of things which you would find it hard to do without.

We must cast away by any contrivance, and cut out by fire and sword and contrivances of all kinds, disease from the body, ignorance from the soul, luxury from the belly, sedition from the state, discord from the family, excess from all things alike.

it is extremely trying when one has once tasted pleasure to abstain from its enticements, so the reward of doing this is proportionately great.

Take Care not to have an itching tongue, nor tingling ears; neither attract others, nor listen to backbiters. [Letter to Nepotian]

It is much better to take a little every day than some days to abstain wholly and on others to surfeit oneself.

We may feel that a particular habit 'isn't too bad,'but continually giving in to that habit weakens our wills against the onslaughts of temptation from other directions.

Every sin we commit reinforces the habit of sinning and makes it easier to sin. In the previous chapter we discussed the importance of guarding our minds and emotions, since these faculties are the channels through which the various compelling forces reach our wills. But it is also important that we understand how our habits influence our wills.

Our motive for obedience is just as important, probably more so, to God than the level of our performance. A person who struggles with some persistent sin but does so out of love for God is more pleasing to Him than the person who has no such struggle but is proud of his or her self-control. Of course, the person who obeys from a motive of love will be concerned about his or her performance. There will be a sincere desire and an earnest effort to please God in every area of life.

There were mornings I thought drugs made me insane and mornings I thought they kept me from going that way.

I hate when I break my own rules. What's the point of me being rational if I flail around like a clown?

set your own rules and stick to them; never argue with the market; never make a play you can't afford; never give way to irrational exuberance. Above all, don't be a sucker.

Every fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland. They can't push away from the table.

All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.