Quotes about Self-control

Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before.

In a way, gluttony is an athletic feat, a stretching exercise.

Discipline provides a constancy which is independent of what kind of day you had yesterday and what kind of day you anticipate today.

Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.

A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

Before you act; Listen, before you react; Think, before you spend; Earn, before you criticize; Wait, before you pray; Forgive, before you quit; Try.

It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle.

Either you're going to be depressed when your wish is not realized or foolishly pleased with yourself if it is, overjoyed for the wrong reasons.

The best answer to anger is silence.