Self Control Quotes

297 quotes by 251 authors

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others. — Geraldine Ferraro
Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said. — Gertrude Stein
There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another. — Margaret Mead
You must have discipline to have fun. — Julia Child
Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them. — Teresa of Avila
I define self-control, in the beginning of life, as the choice of achieving what I really want by doing things I really don't want to… — John C. Maxwell
The only people who would be in government are those who care more about people than they do about power. — Millicent Fenwick
Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind. — Philip Roth
Waiting is one of the great arts. — Margery Allingham
Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those. — Roy Baumeister
Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work,… — Roy Baumeister
The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person. — Norman Vincent Peale
The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and… — Stephen Covey
When you get in taekwondo, it teaches you the life skills of respect, self control, discipline-that's why I love it. I really attribute those skills… — Anthony Pettis
Love and Self-control are the bookends of the fruit of the Spirit. Remove one of them and the rest fall over — Joyce Meyer
Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me. — Criss Jami
Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true… — Criss Jami
To be enthusiastic about doing much with human nature is a foolish business indeed; and, throwing himself into his work as he was doing, and… — James Anthony Froude
I think the whole point about self-control, the whole point about willpower, is to help people understand that there are endless self-nudge techniques that can… — Walter Mischel

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