Quotes About Self-control

You have described only too well, replied the Master, where the difficulty lies...The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself. You...brace yourself for failure. So long as that is so, you have no choice but to call forth something yourself that ought to happen independently of you, and so long as you call it forth your hand will not open in the right way--like the hand of a child.

I realized that I must be on my best behaviour,' as he later put it, 'punctual, subdued, reserved; in short, display all the qualities with which I am least endowed.

Without all this self-control, do you think I could have done all I've done?33

Nie jesteÅ›, cho? lubisz mniema? inaczej, specjalnie mÄ…dry. Ale na to, by spróbowa? mnie powstrzyma?, jesteÅ› za mÄ…dry.

Dobrze jest odczuwa? strach. Odczuwasz strach, znaczy, jest si? czego ba?, b?d? wi?c czujny. Strachu nie trzeba pokonywa?. Wystarczy mu nie ulega?. I warto uczy? si? ode?.

Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster; for if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into you. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy.

Self discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

Always remember that you have been created with a will that is stronger than your emotions. You can choose how you act, despite how you feel.

We can choose not to allow the choices and actions of someone else to dictate our own.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind allows itself to be governed.

I was a good kid, but I've had one Achilles' heel that's stayed with me through the years: talking. I simply could not shut the fuck up-I still can't and that small issue has gotten me in all sorts of trouble.

We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.

God will always nudge us in the direction of kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control.16 When in doubt, max those out.

We don't drift in good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.

I think we're addicted to being triggered

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself. —William Shakespeare, Henry VIII

I have never seen before was in front of the place for the hamburgers. You know the place — if you eat one, it's OK, but if you eat two, you shit in your panties? Oh, you know it? You like it? Ay. Every time, I get a stomachache.

After all, it was easy enough to be virtuous if there was no temptation.

If I could eat whatever I wanted every day, I would have Domino's pizza with pasta carbonara inside every slice. And at night, I would have Neapolitan ice cream until I felt absolutely toxic. And then I would drift off telling myself, 'It's going to be O.K... It's going to be O.K. you're going to train in the morning.'

To a certain extent, I think I've tried to train myself to not dive too deep into things or get my hopes too way up, because the fear of disappointment and whatnot is only natural.

Engaging in good habits 90 percent of the time, while indulging in bad habits 10 percent of time, places you at risk of being like a hamster running in a wheel. Despite all the energy you're exerting, you won't move forward. You'll never be able to outrun your bad habits.

I'm smart enough to know I shouldn't be behind the wheel.

I have to plan all my meals and snacks every day, or the wheels come off, and I gain weight.