Top Self Control Quotes

In fact the mask theme has come up several times in my background reading. Richard Sennett, for example, in The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism, and Rob...

the more the tree goes up in the air, the more it goes down into the earth. Remember humility in greatness.

realy i wish i knew me better. you knew that feel when you are motionless and your fear entwined with your regret ? a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened...

Self-control is a divided battle in one body. The "self" produces desires that "you" must battle with and kick off. Two wrestlers in one body. Just imagine. It's difficult, though rewarding!

They have a special confidence in Christ, plus thoughtfulness plus faithfulness plus humility: for there are no things, in all creation, more beautiful, more rare than the so very disciplined and free...

Anyone can get angry, but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for everyone, nor is it easy.

Be at peace with yourself, or you'll be at war with everyone.

Dreaming was easier than screaming, and screaming was easier than worrying, and worrying was easier than crying, which was what she knew she would be reduced to if she didn’t keep a hard eye on hersel...

As Christians, we call ourselves people of faith, but how much practical faith do we really have?

Great men have great discipline.

Patience is the inclination to control the racing mind, which wants to jump ahead.

A credit card allows you transcend time. For it allows you to put off until tomorrow what you bought today, while you are still paying what you bought yesterday.

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.

The fact that rape threats are a thing says a lot about how rape isn't a lapse in self-control but often a tool to punish & control others.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their f...

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

Man is slave of emotions when they arise, and master of them when they don't.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

When we ground ourselves in the present moment, we spontaneously connect better with others. We become more responsive and less reactive, listening more deeply and speaking with greater clarity.