Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind.
Self-awareness - the commendable ability to be yourself without being a nuisance to someone else.
Just because some children were more effective than others at distracting themselves from [the marshmallow in the famous Marshmallow Test] doesn't mean this capacity was for the impressive results fo...
All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shouldn't have to try.
It was a little thing, but on top of the other little things, it broke something in me.
A man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character.
Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
There is no liberty, save wisdom and self-control. Liberty is within--not without. It is each man's own affair.
Remember to act always as if you were at a symposium. When the food or drink comes around, reach out and take some politely; if it passes you by don't try pulling it back. And if it has not reached yo...
No matter the situation don't let your emotions overpower your intelligence.
Refrain to-night;And that shall lend a kind of easinessTo the next abstinence, the next more easy;For use almost can change the stamp of nature,And either master the devil or throw him outWith wondrou...
The battle for self-control over an intense undesired habit consists of an endless series of skirmishes, in which our urges and our better angels clash several times each day.
A life without regret can be attained by full awareness of one's actions in their present moment.
Woman wants control, man self-control .
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 off what you bought yesterday.
What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also...
When we are impatient, we are neither reverential nor reflective because we are too self-centered. Whereas faith and patience are companions, so are selfishness and impatience. It is so easy to be con...
Projecting an air of self-assurance will take you a long way.
The breath I take, the thoughts I think, the emotions I develop, the blood I circulate, the neurons that are wired, everything is completely controlled and has a deep meaning behind it. My soul is enl...
Having a body is in itself the greatest threat to the mind... The body encloses the mind in a fortress; before long the mind is besieged on all sides, and in the end the mind has to give itself up.
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