Self Control Quotes

297 quotes by 251 authors

If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life. — Antoine R. Ivins
As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Self-control is the only possible road to character development — Dennis Prager
The character of a child is formed largely during the first twelve years of his life. He spends 16 times as many waking hours in… — David O. McKay
The art of conversation, or the qualification for a good companion, is a certain self-control, which now holds the subject, now lets it go, with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
He who has learnt to control his tongue has attained self-control in a great measure. When such a person speaks he will be heard with… — B.K.S. Iyengar
This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe. — Phyllis McGinley
Learning how to be agreeable is the key to learning self-control. — Frederick Lenz
Learn that happiness comes through self-control and not being angry or jealous. The only one that you really torment is yourself. It is easier to… — Frederick Lenz
The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never… — George F. Kennan
Peace is self-control at its widest-at the width where the "self" has been lost, and interest has been transferred to coordinations wider than personality. — Alfred North Whitehead
Obesity is the result of a loss of self-control. Indeed, loss of self-control might be said to be the defining social (or anti-social) characteristic of… — Theodore Dalrymple
Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control. — Gina Carano
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control. — Tim Ferriss
The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that… — Tim Ferriss
Holding onto and manipulating physical objects is one of the things we learn earliest and do the most. It should not be surprising that object… — George Lakoff
Ambition, old as mankind, the immemorial weakness of the strong. — Vita Sackville-West
There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control. — Publilius Syrus
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors. — Plautus

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