“If you do not acquire good training in detachment, you may attach to all the wrong things.” — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
A person who has mastered his ability to control his emotions can master anything. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
“Mastering self-control...the act of restraining one's emotions is the true key to success.” — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Every successful person has a fair amount of self-control - it's just the nature of success. — Laird Hamilton 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
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
“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
“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 takes extraordinary wisdom and self-control to accept that many things have a logic we do not understand that is smarter than… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
When we rise above our temptations and resist them, we exercise self-control. And that's when we experience true freedom and emotional health. — David J. Lieberman Copy Share Image
I wolf food down like you've never seen. For some reason, I have no self-control when it comes to the pace of… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
I know you think that I have some kind of perfect, unyielding self-control, but that's not actually the case. - Edward Cullen — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
During that 2011 offseason, as the debate around 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and DOMA was heating up on social media, I had… — Jason Collins Copy Share Image
“Truth: last week I online shopped too much. Then I ate 2 pounds of jelly beans to feel better about that. In… — Anna White Copy Share Image
Brutes are governed by their appetites and impulses. Savages are but little removed in this respect from brutes. Brutish men and coarse… — Joseph P. Bradley Copy Share Image
“Because our culture so highly values an illusion of self-control and control of circumstance, we become abject when contemplating mentation that seems… — Ethan Watters 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
“Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried; Then ask God's help; it will not be denied. Use thine own sight to… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox 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
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
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
I can do this, I tell myself firmly. I can be attracted to him. It's just a matter of self control and… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Every one of our sinful actions has a suicidal power on the faculties that put that action forth. When you sin with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The children were watched through a one-way mirror, and the film that shows their behavior during the waiting time always has the… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Fear and shame are the backbone of my self-control. They are my source of inspiration, my insurance against becoming entirely unacceptable. They… — Allie Brosh 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 their own self-control. Their goal was not to simply to ensure the child's duty to the family, but to help him or her make personal, individual commitments. They were the…” quote by C. Sommerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/c-sommerville-39957_17th-century_17th-century-puritans-were-the-first-mod_1946579.jpg)
