Self Control Quotes
You can conquer any aggressive action, with restraint and patient.
Don't let the excess of demand make you loose your command and get you further from what you've planned.
In the absence of self-control, this primordial nature of the limbic brain often compels the mind to give in to evils of corruption.
Sometimes you just need to know when a fight is best saved for another day when the odds are more in your favour.
The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most— are the foundation for self-control.
Jack Kennedy protected a mature and presidential image – tough, yet not unduly combative.
Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
It was a little thing, but on top of the other little things, it broke something in me.
Keep your problems to yourself, if its too much for you, kill it slowly till it disappears from your life.
Self-awareness - the commendable ability to be yourself without being a nuisance to someone else.
Greed robs you of more value than the price of what you've gained.
There is a difference between what you want, and what you need.
Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger.
I am very happyBecause I have conquered myselfAnd not the world.I am very happyBecause I have loved the worldAnd not myself.
Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.
The actuality that the heart does not want to feel, doesn't negate the certitude that it once felt and will still feel.
It's a free world to do as you please, within the law, however it's also free to have an opinion - as well as morals, ethics and decency.
The feelings of politicians are rarely transparent.
The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, validation, temptation, or vengeance would have them strike with truthful, hurtful words.
All this while I kept thinking where did I go wrong, all this while he wasn't mine to lose.
Always try to come back to your senses when in love, because that's the moment you become almost carried away by sensuality and sentiments.
Choose your thoughts and beliefs wisely.Be your own best friend, and not your enemy.
You have no control of uncertainties! You can only control your life and your reaction to any event. May you find grace for patient endurance.
Joy, I think, is the main fruit of the Spirit missing among Christians, and peace and self-control are the main fruits or qualities that seem to be missing among those who are not Christian.
As Christians, we call ourselves people of faith, but how much practical faith do we really have?
The best way to reduce stress in your life is to stop screwing up.
A good teacher does not teach all that he knows. He teaches all that the learners need to know at the time, and all that the learners can accountably learn in the time given.
Priceless virtues are love, peace, joy, kindness, gentleness, goodness, long-suffering, patience faithfulness and self-control.
It is good to have a reason for every action you perform other than blaming others for your faults.
Sometimes you just have to know when the battle you’re fighting is one best walked away from, than fought to the cold, bitter end.
By our day, self-restraint was considered madness.
If I still need someone to calm my anger down, then I surely need a scapegoat who enrages me.
Fighting is easier than loving, just as giving in to anger is easier than self-control.
Love only serves and does not calculate. Love gives without expectation, while hate carries an endless tally of debts. Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.
the more the tree goes up in the air, the more it goes down into the earth. Remember humility in greatness.
Unleash in the right time and place before you explode at the wrong time andplace.
I suspect she must speak without emotion or otherwise entirely lose the self-control that is required to speak to me at all.