Self-control Quotes

Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

Like some homeopathic cure, our very sense of imprisonment can be a step toward liberation. We need ...

All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shou...

I am very happyBecause I have conquered myselfAnd not the world.I am very happyBecause I have loved ...

For example, when Christians discuss sex, it often sounds as if we are somehow "against sex". What w...

Some of the most passionately erotic poets have been the most self-contained in their daily lives.

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

Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own...

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Every time we let ourselves believe for unworthy reasons, we weaken our powers of self-control, of d...

I found out too that you are bound to be jostled in "the crowded street of life." That in itself nee...

What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge tha...

Anyone can get angry, but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, wi...

[I]n other words, we should live with due knowledge of the course of things in the world. For whenev...

In fact the "mask" theme has come up several times in my background reading. Richard Sennett, for ex...

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tenden...

I trust you with their lives,' Prof said, still writing, 'and them with yours. Don't betray that tru...

But when one does not complain, and when one wants to master oneself with a tyrant’s grip — one’s fa...

Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by control...

I suspect she must speak without emotion or otherwise entirely lose the self-control that is require...

Mr. Pembroke, watching his broad back, desired to bury a knife in it. The desire passed, partly beca...

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

Will was not without his intentions to be always generous, but our tongues are little triggers which...

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

There is no liberty, save wisdom and self-control. Liberty is within--not without. It is each man's ...

A man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character.

Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.(Anger is a brief madness: govern your min...

Woman wants control, man self-control .

How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your se...

The best fighter is never angry.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.

Having a body is in itself the greatest threat to the mind... The body encloses the mind in a fortre...

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

An animal will conquer others. A Spirit-filled man conquers himself – self-discipline, self-control.

The church is often called a killjoy for protesting against sexual license. But the real killing of ...

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with ...