Quotes about Self-control

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut.

There you are. A simple commandment. Not ten of them, just one: 'Thou shalt not eat.' (Personally, I wish the very first edict from God hadn't involved dieting, don't you?)

We all throw away perfectly wonderful lives because our foolish, sinful appetites take us places we should not go.

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to power

Don't waste words with people who deserve your silence, Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

Never miss an opportunity to shut up.

It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.

Be careful," warned Nietzsche, "lest in fighting the dragon you become the dragon." I

But we also need to be careful about turning too easily and exclusively to our junk. To television, to the Internet. To movies, sports, and hobbies. To numbing wastes of time, if not to shameful lacks of self-control. Let's be honest, sometimes it's just easier to shop than to deal with our lives.

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.