Quotes about Self-control
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, refrains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
— George Eliot
Conscience is a cur that will let you get past it but that you cannot keep from barking.
— Anonymous
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses, though he be not drunk.
— Epictetus
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.
— Marcus Aurelius
Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course toward his objective in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.
— Napoleon Hill
Happy is he that chastens himself.
— Anonymous
Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
— Teresa of Avila
Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.
— Edith Wharton
The mind in itself wants nothing, unless it creates a want for itself; therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not perturb and impede itself.
— Marcus Aurelius
But every time you yield to the temptation, the easier it becomes to yield again and the more difficult it becomes to resist the next time.
— Napoleon Hill
Henry Ford has been repeatedly mentioned, because he is an astounding example of what a man with a mind of his own, and a will to control it, can accomplish.
— Napoleon Hill
To protect yourself against negative influences, whether of your own making, or the result of the activities of negative people around you, recognize that you have a WILLPOWER, and put it into constant use, until it builds a wall of immunity against negative influences in your own mind.
— Napoleon Hill