Self-Control Quotes
142 quotes by 111 authors
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I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
— Pietro Aretino
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
— Aristotle
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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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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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There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
— Chanakya
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Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.
— Tom Kite
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.
— Robert Burns
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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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As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid.…
— Rafael Nadal
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I hate exercising self-control.
— Kate Upton
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God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after him. And his…
— Richard Holloway
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I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
— Tim Ferriss
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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
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More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.
— Dan Gable
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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
— Calvin Coolidge
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We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
— Jane Fonda
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Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.
— Franz Kafka
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
— Jack Kerouac
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
— Billie Jean King
Who Wrote These Self-Control Quotes
111 authors contributed a total of 142 Self-Control Quotes, led by these top contributors: