Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
There's a fine line between thinking about somebody and thinking about not thinking about somebody, but I have the patience and the… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Is impossible to see your reflection in boiling water. Similarly, you can't see the truths in your life in a state of… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
“the children who had shown more self-control as four-year-olds had substantially higher scores on tests of intelligence.” — Daniel Kahneman 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
We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle. "Has a European feel" Susan said. "That… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
How blessed and amazing are God's gifts, dear friends! Life with immortality, splendor with righteous, truth with confidence, faith with assurance, self-control… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
What beefsteak is to Argentina, flamenco to Spain, cool reserve and self-control in all situations to an Englishman, what vodka is to… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
I never been the kind to ever let my feeling show. I thought that by being strong meant never losing my self… — Keith Urban Copy Share Image
I think having undying faith & eliminating self-doubt has given me a new found sense of self-actualization, where as I know who… — DMarvalouz⢠Copy Share Image
January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Year's resolutions. February is even… — Sendhil Mullainathan 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
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
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Self control is about being in charge of the direction our lives are taking. Now for the paradox: We get control of… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
I never been the kind to let my feelings show, and I thought that being strong meant to never losing your self… — Patience Copy Share Image
“He was startled, but there was that about him which made it impossible to show what he felt, an instant and utter… — Ellery Queen Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it is best to hold your tongue and walk away so bitterness will not depart from your lips and defile you.” — VaeEshia Ratcliff-Davis Copy Share Image
It Is Our Willing Acquiescence To These Outer Demands That Imprisons. Free Yourself Today. Take Control Of Your Thoughts... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Four innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control and duty. — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Self-management and self-control are the keys to advanced knowledge, and both are difficult to learn without a sense of your own cultural… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
“I suppose it's comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse things to yourself than the world will ever dare to inflict.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“There never has been and cannot be a good life without self-control. Apart from self-control no good life is imaginable.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Always Be In Control And Ahead Of The Game. You Will Never Get Anywhere By Doing The Same Thing Or Expecting The… — Pacifiersucker 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
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
In ancient China, self-government was highly developed both in community life and in personal life. The custom of mutual protection and assistance… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making, and rendering success… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Virtues are habits of mind, heart, and behavior. They develop through deliberate practice. Forming of a persons character lies in their own… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Boxing is a sport of self-control. You must understand fear so you can manipulate it. Fear is like fire. You can make… — Cus D'Amato Copy Share Image
Emotional self-control is NOT the same as overcontrol, the stifling of all feeling and spontaneity…when such emotional suppression is chronic, it can… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one — himself. Better… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Out of all the safe roads promised, We return to the one with no self control. It's a fuel to the fire… — Jonny Craig 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
“The blacksmith should be the one to feel humiliated, for he was the dunce who chose to give up his self-control. What… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
I think the Buddha presents an image of someone who believes in self-control. I think he's offering, perhaps, a critique of the… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
