Here is the paradox of Christian living. We must give up control of self to gain self control. — Andy Mineo Copy Share Image
Clearly, wisdom requires using self-control to choose to do what is better. — Craig Williams Copy Share Image
Be strong enough to control your anger instead of letting it control you... — Ritu Ghatourey 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
Freedom in Christ allows you to control the desires that once controlled you. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
self-control, in every station and to every individual, is indispensable, if people would retain that equanimity of mind, which, depending on self-respect,… — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
“You have no control of uncertainties! You can only control your life and your reaction to any event. May you find grace… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Will was not without his intentions to be always generous, but our tongues are little triggers which have usually been pulled before… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Love and Self-control are the bookends of the fruit of the Spirit. Remove one of them and the rest fall over — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Along with filters on computers and a lock on affections, remember that the only real control in life is self-control. — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
It is so often self who tries to live the Christian life. No wonder we need breaking. As long as self is… — Roy Hession Copy Share Image
It is safe to say that when people are short on cash, they might be less productive at work, be worse parents,… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
“Self-control is a key factor in achieving success. We can't control everything in life, but we can definitely control ourselves.” — Jan Mckingley Hilado Copy Share Image
Bitter criticism caused the sensitive Thomas Hardy, one of the finest novelists ever to enrich English literature, to give up forever the… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at… — Roy Baumeister Copy Share Image
Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded like snow… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“Writing time is for writing, not for checking e-mail, reading the news, or browsing the latest issues of journals. Sometimes I think… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.… — James Allen Copy Share Image
Here’s one of my favorite statements: We are never going to enjoy stability, we are never going to enjoy spiritual maturity until… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Ive learned that no matter how thin you are, people still have something to say. Ive learned that its taking me a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
no man who is resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention, still less can he afford… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Here’s why this matters for change: When people try to change things, they’re usually tinkering with behaviors that have become automatic, and… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
I used to fight the pain, but recently this became clear to me: pain is not my enemy; it is my call… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
In the years of the Roman Republic, before the Christian era, Roman education was meant to produce those character traits that would… — C. Sommerville Copy Share Image
Holding onto and manipulating physical objects is one of the things we learn earliest and do the most. It should not be… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
Depression makes me feel pain depression makes me stupid depression makes me feel low depression makes me mad depression makes me sad… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are like a rider on top of a gigantic elephant. We can steer the elephant, and if he's not busy, he'll… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“Years of secret suffering had taught me superhuman self-control.” — Vladimir Nabokov 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
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
He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If guys practiced self-control, 'modesty' wouldn't be such a huge deal. — Zach Hunter Copy Share Image
