“Well, she could learn self control tomorrow. Today she wanted pizza.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Power consists not in being able to strike another, but in being able to control oneself when anger arises. — Prophet Muhammad Copy Share Image
Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“The wise treat horniness like a hiccup; the foolish, like an asthma attack.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Learn that happiness comes through self-control and not being angry or jealous. The only one that you really torment is yourself. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Being aware that we create our emotions and that we can change the criteria in our mind is a big shift in… — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
“If we hang around people who are generally goal-driven and happy with high levels of self-control, we too can “catch” these traits.36” — Michael Matthews Copy Share Image
Mandela's heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when… — Bono Copy Share Image
“He wanted to take Homer Wells in his arms, and hug him, and kiss him, but he could only hope that Homer… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“It's taking all my self-control not to fuck you on the hood of this car, just to show you that you're mine,… — E.L. James Copy Share Image
I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
Even a child who's above average on self-control could improve their financial outcomes in mid-life if they improved their self-control skills early… — Terrie Moffitt Copy Share Image
Researchers were surprised to find that people with strong self-control spent less time resisting desires than other people did. . . .… — Roy Baumeister Copy Share Image
Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Because sexual intimacy is so sacred, the Lord requires self-control and purity before marriage, as well as full fidelity after marriage... Tears… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Self-control Proverbs 25:28 ESV A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV… — Anne Nwakama Copy Share Image
Why am I so emotional? No it's not a good look, gain some self control And deep down I know this never… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
You control the ultimate result of where you will end up, what you may become and how successful you may be. No… — Justice Cabral Copy Share Image
If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If… — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
[17th-century] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of… — C. Sommerville Copy Share Image
“You have to assemble your life yourself—action by action. And be satisfied if each one achieves its goal, as far as it… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Freedom from activity is never achieved by abstaining from action. Nobody can become perfect by merely ceasing to act. In fact, nobody… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Isn’t it funny how we make rational excuses for being out of alignment? We say, “Well, this ____ and that ____ happened,… — Alaric Hutchinson Copy Share Image
The truest human is the one whose conduct proceeds from goodwill and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self control is… — Markesa Yeager Copy Share Image
“[I]n other words, we should live with due knowledge of the course of things in the world. For whenever a man in… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
You know why people cut? Because it's a distraction. For one moment you don't feel all the pain, the loss, the hurt.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you have not lost your self-control, and sensibly conceive what this might lead to, then, Mr. President, we and you ought… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
But never had he felt more enthralled than he was right now, sitting beside Evie on a weathered old dock, with a… — Linda Howard Copy Share Image
“For most of us, however, self-control issues arise because we underestimate the effect of arousal.” — Richard H. Thaler Copy Share Image
Freedom in Christ allows you to control the desires that once controlled you. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
“Years of secret suffering had taught me superhuman self-control.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
As long as I have you there is just one other thing I'll always need - tremendous self control. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
Be strong enough to control your anger instead of letting it control you... — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image