Self Control Quotes

The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self.

The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.

We all have to control our feelings. That's the thing that separates us from animals.

When a man is overcome by anger, he has a poisoned fever. He loses his strength, he loses his power over himself and over others. He throws away time in which he might have gained the end he desires. The is no time for anger in the world. - The Ancient One

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.

Know that no one is capable of making you upset without your consent.

Once I realized that right thinking is vital to victorious living, I got more serious about thinking about what I was thinking about, and choosing my thoughts carefully.

Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you

Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.

So long as we are under the control of disturbing emotions, real happiness is hard to find.

The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity

Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.

Don't you find that in a weak physique it is difficult to control the sex - appetite or anger?

I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.

When you need to make a decision, don't let your emotions vote.

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

When I'm finished playing, I want people to say, 'He handled this well, he kept his cool.'

Either all things proceed from one intelligent source and come together as in one body, and the part ought not to find fault with what is done for the benefit of the whole; or there are only atoms, and nothing else than a mixture and dispersion. Why, then, art thou disturbed? Say to this ruling faculty, Art thou dead, art thou corrupted, art thou playing the hypocrite, art thou become a beast, dost thou herd and feed with the rest?

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others.

Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.

The mind may wander, but let not the senses wander with it. If the senses wander where the mind takes them, one is done for.

Exercise humility and restraint.

Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

Don't allow your animal nature to rule your reason.

Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don't give in to them.

Grow angry slowly - there's plenty of time.

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

Told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope had already entered.

It is easier to rule others than to keep from being ruled oneself.

To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire.

The great man presides over all his states of consciousness with obstinate rigor.

Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.

You might find it necessary to 'snap' out of your mental inertia, moving slowly at first, then increasing your speed, until you gain complete control over your will. Be persistent no matter how slowly you may, at first, have to move. With persistence will come success.

Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one.

It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.

Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.

You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.

Measure your emotions. You don't need an atomic explosion for a minor point.

Blest are those Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled, That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please.

If you must be indiscrete, be discrete in your indiscretion.

A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.

Here’s one of my favorite statements: We are never going to enjoy stability, we are never going to enjoy spiritual maturity until we learn how to do what’s right when it feels wrong, and every time you do what’s right by a decision of your will using discipline and self control to go beyond how you feel, the more painful it is in your flesh, the more you’re growing spiritually at that particular moment.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.

As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

I'm patient.

If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.

O Master, make me chaste, but not yet!

A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him.

We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in the first place to bring thy Appetite into Subjection to Reason.

Be like a river in generosity and giving help. Be like a sun in tenderness and pity. Be like night when covering other's faults. Be like a dead when furious and angry. Be like earth in modesty and humbleness. Be like a sea in tolerance. Be as you are or as you look like.

Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to "kill the flesh" is to starve it; to stop feeding it.

The passions are like those demons with which Afrasahiab sailed down the Orus. Our only safety consists in keeping them asleep. If they we are lost.

The greatest victory is over self.