As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion. — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
No matter how much someone gets you angry acting up helps there story — Tony Salameh Copy Share Image
Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Let ask God to help us to self-control for one who lacks it, lacks his grace. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've learned...that either you control your attitude or it controls you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Attempting to constantly control everyone and everything around you is not only exhausting...it is also futile. The only real power you can… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“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… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
“The conclusion is straightforward: self-control requires attention and effort. Another way of saying this is that controlling thoughts and behaviors is one… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein as granting authority to others: It is basically saying, 'Maybe I need… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will,… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
“She wanted this man with an intensity that defied logic. Which was part of the reason she’d been ignoring him. A girl… — Katie Reus Copy Share Image
“some self-control, he continued his lesson for Sir Asshole. “Then the endorphins kicked in to the point where she could no longer… — Kallypso Masters Copy Share Image
“Memorizing and repeating digits loosens the hold of System 2 on behavior, but of course cognitive load is not the only cause… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
No nation went into oblivion or was destroyed because it had bad laws, or because its statesmen were not intelligent, but because… — Melvin J. Ballard Copy Share Image
“It took every ounce of self-control I could muster to keep my eyes focused on my work and not on you the… — Janna Sproul Copy Share Image
“And when people exhaust their self-control, what they’re exhausting are the mental muscles needed to think creatively, to focus, to inhibit their… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
“Self-control is an important part of living a Christian life. But you don’t have to do it on your own. God gives… — Tracie Peterson Copy Share Image
A lot of addiction actually ends by age 30 - something like 50 percent of all addictions with the exception of tobacco… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
Retirement savings is probably behavioral economists' greatest success story. It is a prototypical behavioral-economics problem because saving for retirement is cognitively hard… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“When you go to a job interview, nobody is really interested in your background, but on what you can actually do and… — Dan Desmarques Copy Share Image
“I tell you what when I see chocolate chip cookies I can’t just eat one. I’ve got to eat a dozen. I… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
“self-control is not genetic or fixed, but rather a skill one can develop and improve with practice.8 Baumeister suggests many strategies for… — Jocelyn K. Glei Copy Share Image
“Origen was most articulate about this struggle. “For you who are redeemed by Christ,” he challenged believers in Caesarea, “a physical sword… — Alan Kreider Copy Share Image
Her eyes screamed the saddest apology the world has ever heardoh the scars on her wrist? dont worry, she says their just… — Kaile Stewart Copy Share Image
What matters most in a child’s development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the… — Paul Tough Copy Share Image
“You have one energy resource that is used for all kinds of acts for self-control. That includes not just resisting food temptations,… — Laura Vanderkam Copy Share Image
I always feel that there are two choices for women. Either be totally confident about your non-size-zero body and say, 'I love… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
