Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
Life doesnt necessarily turn out as we hope or plan. This is why it is important to become the master of ones… — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
A beautiful woman that can go out and then come home alone and lay in bed alone, is a woman with standards… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Being a man is not about how tough you are, its about how you control the difficult situations that life confronts you… — Iain Taylor Copy Share Image
“Responsibility and confidence and self-control are internal, so don't overlook the quiet guy in the corner. He might be shorter, and yet… — Cherise Sinclair Copy Share Image
You'd be better served ifyou gave me a moment to regain my self-control and let me remove my boots. It's the least… — Anne Stuart Copy Share Image
“For he felt about the whole affair the touch somewhere of a great Outer Horror - and his scattered powers had not… — Algernon Blackwood Copy Share Image
“The trouble with bookshops is that they are as bad as pubs. You start at one and then you drift to another,… — R.T. Campbell Copy Share Image
Until you have the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind, external facilities and conditions will never bring the joy and happiness… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
My god! people say. You have so much self-control! And later: My god. You're so, so sick. When people say this, they… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
If you cant stand the things I say to you, well fuck you. Im allowed to say whatever I want. And sometimes… — Jenna Bognar Copy Share Image
To pray is to change. This is a great grace. How good of God to provide a path whereby our lives can… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
I thought The Limits of Control could be interpreted in two ways: as the limits of one's self-control; and as the limits… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
“Freedom like charity, begins at home. No man is worthy to fight in the cause of freedom unless he has conquered his… — Jack Whiteside Parsons Copy Share Image
Like a peroson dieting from sweets, once a sexually active person commits to a life of abstinence, major self control is required. — Shellie R Warren Copy Share Image
“But eventually I gave up: on sleeping, on self-control, on my career, on myself. I gave up on all of it. I… — Cat Marnell Copy Share Image
Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include self government will only guarantee our mediocrity. — Graham Cooke Copy Share Image
“To take back your power in any given situation, focus on the things you can control. The thoughts you choose to think… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“Willpower is more than just a metaphor; self-control is a finite resource. Frontal neurons are expensive cells, and expensive cells are vulnerable… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
10% of life is made up of what happens to you but 90% of life is decided by how you react to… — Nushra Copy Share Image
You must draw on your willpower and self-control in order to face your problems realistically, on the one hand, while vanquishing your… — Alina Khadgi Copy Share Image
“Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein as granting authority to others. It might as well be saying, 'Perhaps… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Letting go doesn't mean you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you have control over is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A good teacher does not teach all that he knows. He teaches all that the learners need to know at the time,… — Jane Vella Copy Share Image
Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and… — Booker T. Washington 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
“In the endeavor to establish a difficult habit, for example, mere wishing will never carry it to a successful conclusion; our wishing… — Ralph Alfred Habas 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
“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
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
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
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
“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
I'm not a singer, so I reproduce a little bit what I see on television and what I listen to on the… — Louis Garrel Copy Share Image
There's a popular image of people who don't save for the future as lacking in self-control. But the reason saving is so… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
