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Self Control Quotes by Roy Baumeister
- 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.
- Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work,…
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- You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. — Marcus Aurelius
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility… — Irving Babbitt
- All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not… — Bruno Bettelheim
- Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control that they… — James Buchan
- Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the… — John Wooden
- 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
- We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage. — Aristotle
- The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and… — Royal Robbins
- Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root. — Robert Burns
- Control your destiny or somebody will. — Jack Welch
- Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint. — James Russell Lowell