Quotes about Self-control

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

As a man thinketh, so is he, and as a man chooseth, so is he.

The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue.

Men fall in private long before they fall in public.

The man who does as he likes is the greatest slave. The man who never does as he likes is God's free man.

Ultimate freedom is a man's right to choose his attitude.

The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.

We shouldn't avoid sin because we fear eternal damnation. We should do so because we no longer want to live in bondage….

The marginal cost of doing something 'just this once' always seems to be negligible, but the full cost will typically be much higher. Yet unconsciously, we will naturally employ the marginal-cost doctrine in our personal lives.

He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.

Man has upon him his flesh, which is at once his burden and his temptation. He drags it with him and yields to it. He must watch it, cheek it, repress it, and obey it only at the last extremity. There may be some fault even in this obedience; but the fault thus committed is venial; it is a fall, but a fall on the knees which may terminate in prayer.

Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in all things write the word finis in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent, draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand.