Quotes about Self-control
When you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them.
- Zig Ziglar
When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.
- Zig Ziglar
Maribeau said that "none but men of strong passions are capable of rising to greatness." Tennyson said, "The happiness of a man in his life does not consist in the absence but in the mastering of his passions." Franklin said that "he is a governor that governs his passions and he is a servant that serves them.
- Zig Ziglar
Memorize a simple strategy: Don't jump to speak, ask questions and listen, watch your anger thermometer and keep the temperature down.
- Zig Ziglar
Two things to remember in life: "Take care of your thoughts when you're alone", and "Take care of your words when you're with people.
- Zig Ziglar
It's up to you. What you will, will be.
- Deepak Chopra
Of course he could still conjure up the old faces. But they didn't return on their own anymore. In order to see images of Channa or Suddhodana, he would ask to see them. "Learn to use your memories," he told the younger bikkhus. "Don't let them use you.
- Deepak Chopra
Responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for your situation, including yourself.
- Deepak Chopra
Freedom comes from moral self-control. There is no other way to achieve it.
- Dennis Prager
The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.
- Publilius Syrus
Self-reverence self-knowledge self-control - these three alone lead to sovereign power.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.
- Stephen Covey