Quotes about Self-control
If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.
- Confucius
The superior man limits his achievements.
- Confucius
It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.
- Euripides
A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.
- Mahatma Gandhi
There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.
- Publilius Syrus
I was daily intoxicated, yet no man could call me intemperate.
- Henry David Thoreau
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher
I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
- Henry Ward Beecher
If I can acquire money and also keep myself modest and faithful and magnanimous, point out the way, and I will acquire it.
- Epictetus
The healthiest people were those who didn't spend money that they hadn't earned, to buy things that they didn't need, to impress people that they didn't like.
- Deepak Chopra
Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back.
- Jim Rohn
The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.
- Epictetus