Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination of serenity and energy.
Every time we let ourselves believe for unworthy reasons, we weaken our powers of self-control, of doubting, of judicially and fairly weighing evidence. We all suffer severely enough from the maintena...
You have the ability to drive your brain and the capability to nab the steering wheel back any time you feel yourself veering off the road you intended to take.
When you feel a weak moment coming on, the key is self-control.
Priceless virtues are love, peace, joy, kindness, gentleness, goodness, long-suffering, patience faithfulness and self-control.
Only with calmness can you control your emotions.
One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.
How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made...
Thoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life.
It took him (Washington) more than a year to gain control over his own aggressive instincts.
Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it.
Her philosophy was, if it had a pulse, it could be killed. I didn’t really have a philosophy, but I could see how talking with the school director would be difficult for her. If he said something she...
He wanted to take Homer Wells in his arms, and hug him, and kiss him, but he could only hope that Homer understood how much Dr. Larch's self-esteem was dependent on his self-control.
Holding on stands in the way of what's meant for you.
There never has been and cannot be a good life without self-control. Apart from self-control no good life is imaginable.
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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