Self Control Quotes

No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.

You must learn to control your dreams or your dreams will forever control you.

Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.

All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shouldn't have to try.

I’m not looking for self-control.

Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.

Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody.

A true woman of virtue is one who will socialize with every man on earth, and doesn't share her body with any of them.

The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right

Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.

Self control is about being in charge of the direction our lives are taking. Now for the paradox: We get control of our lives, ultimately, not by will power but by surrender.

Always clamping down on excitement is not self-control but fear.

We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self control.

Some models of self-control are able to achieve their serenity easily because the soul fires never burn brightly to begin with.

A life without regret can be attained by full awareness of one's actions in their present moment.

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.

Only by fully experiencing fear, can you ever hope to control it.

A man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character.

Blood doesn't satisfy cravings. It magnifies them.

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

she had something I could not have, and so I resented her—but I realized the fault was mine and not hers.

I would have swapped out Donald Trump's frontal cortex for somebody else's for a little more self-control.

Tantra is for the person who has self control but doesn't care anymore. It is for the person who is able to abandon self-control and its fixation.

You need self-control in an out-of-control world.

Self-control is only courage under another form.

Life is all about choices. Today, show compassion for others, think powerful thoughts, and exercise self control.

they thought I had guts they were wrong I was only frightened of more important things

Woman wants control, man self-control .

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.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.(Anger is a brief madness: govern your mind [temper], for unless it obeys it commands.)

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.

Will was not without his intentions to be always generous, but our tongues are little triggers which have usually been pulled before general intentions can be brought to bear.

If you do not have control over your mouth, you will not have control over your future.

When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up.

The level of your self-control is measured as the difference between how you act when you have nothing and how you react when you have everything.

Without self-discipline, your streams of grace become a flood of disgrace. Never let indiscipline weigh you down for critics to pick mockeries on.

Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of meAnd it starts from the heart 'til it reaches my outer me

You are in control of your life, when you refuse to be provoke.

The first person you have to conquer is you. This is because when at last you win over million people, the first person to bring you down could be you. Discipline yourself!

Why, isabel? Why are you doing this to yourself? To your

If you manage yourself, you control the flow of your time to the right direction. It takes self-discipline to be at the center of control for your own time.

If you can't manage yourself, you can't manage your time. Discipline and self-control are what get you on track to execute your plans by managing your time effectively!

An exceptional Sensei has traits such as patience and integrity. Otherwise, natural fighting ability, cruelty and aggressive behavior may be observed in most animal predators.

The only self control I have when I am with you is that I am with you.

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.

Only with calmness can you control your emotions.

But when one does not complain, and when one wants to master oneself with a tyrant’s grip — one’s faculties rise in revolt — and one pays for outward calm with an almost unbearable inner struggle.

The only thing you have 100 percent control over is you.

Raise your vibration, Not your tone of voice..You gain inspiration, For Peace is a choice.