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Quotes about Self-control

When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding me.
— William Faulkner
And before we can be clean and ready for Him to control, self-seeking, self-glory, self-interest, self-pity, self-righteousness, self-importance, self-promotion, self-satisfaction—and whatsoever else there be of self—must die.
— Leonard Ravenhill
You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.
— William Temple
A computer can be a useful and indispensable tool. But if we allow it to devour our time with vain, unproductive, and sometimes destructive pursuits, it becomes an entangling net.
— Joseph Wirthlin
She had a hard time to keep from running.
— Janette Oke
I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
— Lady Gaga
O never give me over to my own heart's desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!
— John Wesley
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it.
— Napoleon Hill
A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.
— Napoleon Hill
Before you can achieve success in the higher and broader sense you must gain such thorough control over yourself that you will be a person of poise.
— Napoleon Hill
SERVICE, Sacrifice and Self-Control are three words which must be well understood by the person who succeeds in doing something that is of help to the world.
— Napoleon Hill
Intemperance. The most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink, and sexual activities. Overindulgence in any of these is fatal to success.
— Napoleon Hill