Self Control Quotes
297 quotes by 251 authors
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and…
— Irving Babbitt
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which…
— Bruno Bettelheim
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Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control that they must be physically…
— James Buchan
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Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again.…
— John Wooden
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If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What…
— Charles Alexander Eastman
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We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.
— Aristotle
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The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and need for ultimate…
— Royal Robbins
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.
— Robert Burns
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Control your destiny or somebody will.
— Jack Welch
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Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.
— James Russell Lowell
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Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
— Lord Acton
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This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded like snow in April, but…
— Nikola Tesla
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Let's ask God to help us to self-control for one who lacks it, lacks his grace.
— Rumi
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Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.
— Max Lucado
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Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to…
— Clement of Alexandria
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Being in the library is so addictive for me that I really have to exercise self-control so I can get some writing done at home.
— Janet Fitch
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Scientific modes of thought cannot be developed and become generally accepted unless people renounce their primary, unreflecting, and spontaneous attempt to understand all their experience…
— Norbert Elias
Who Wrote These Self Control Quotes
251 authors contributed a total of 297 Self Control Quotes, led by these top contributors: