Quotes about Self-control
Adam was created to be the friend and companion of God, he was to have dominion over all the life in the air and earth and sea, but one thing he was not to have dominion over, and that was himself.
— Oswald Chambers
Celibacy is a great help, inasmuch as it enables one to lead a life of full surrender to God.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The discipline that is needed in our lives is the discipline that comes from within.
— Gordon Hinckley
Take twice as long to eat half as much.
— Anonymous
Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression.
— James Faust
Her grey, sun-strained eyes stared straight ahead, but she had deliberately shifted our relations, and for a moment I thought I loved her. But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires, and I knew that first I had to get myself definitely out of that tangle back home.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
Catering to bad feelings feeds and empowers them.
— Joyce Meyer
Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.
— Mother Angelica
My parents taught me to react quickly when temptation comes and to say 'No!' instantly and emphatically. I recommend that same counsel to you. Avoid temptations.
— Joseph Wirthlin
Keep your temper. Nobody else wants it.
— Robin Jones Gunn
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
— Lou Holtz