Character Quote by Samuel Smiles

Self-control is only courage under another form.

— Samuel Smiles

Self-Control is the very essence of character. To be able to look a man straight in the eye, calmly and deliberately, without the slightest…

— Orison Swett Marden

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

— Thucydides

“Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of…

— Franz Kafka

What is self-control? It is nothing but a highly developed vital sense, dominating and regulating the mere appetites. To overlook the very existence of…

— George Bernard Shaw

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

— Franz Kafka

“Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, "Peace, be still!”

— James Allen

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

— Thucydides

Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of…

— Franz Kafka

Self control is about being in charge of the direction our lives are taking. Now for the paradox: We get control of our lives,…

— Lewis B. Smedes

self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion...

— Anonymous