Self Control Quotes - Page 7

• The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits of men ripen through ascetic practice, study, time, perseverance, self-control and patience.

  Anthony the Great

  Christian, Perseverance, Rain

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• When we rise above our temptations and resist them, we exercise self-control. And that's when we experience true freedom and emotional health.

  David J. Lieberman

  Exercise, Emotional, Self

  David J. Lieberman (2010). “Find Out Who's Normal and Who's Not: The Proven System to Quickly Assess Anyone's Emotional Stability”, p.55, David Lieberman

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• Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Leader, Morality, Should

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.285, Northwestern University Press

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• To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

  Virginia Woolf

  Motivational, Freedom, Enjoy

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• You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.

  A. J. Kitt

  Inspirational, Sports, Acceptance

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• Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else.

  Brian Tracy

  Self, Discipline, Mastery

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• It's never too late to redefine self-control, to change long-ingrained habits, and to do the work you're capable of.

  Seth

  Self, Long, Too Late

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• The first key to leadership is self-control.

  Jack Weatherford

  Leadership, Keys, Self

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• In the supremacy of self-control consists one of the perfections of the ideal man.

  Herbert Spencer

  Men, Self, Perfection

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• Easy, Marks,' he whispered. 'One of us has to have some self-control, and it really should be you.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Self, Easy, Should

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• Being in the library is so addictive for me that I really have to exercise self-control so I can get some writing done at home.

  Janet Fitch

  Home, Writing, Exercise

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• Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.

  Samuel Smiles

  Character, Self, Essence

  Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.158

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• No, when the fight begins within himself, / A man's worth something.

  Robert Browning

  Motivational, Struggle, Fighting

  'Bishop Blougram's Apology' (1855) l. 693

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• Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better, not just at meditating, but at a wide range of self-control skills Over time, [meditators'] brains become finely tuned willpower machines.

  Kelly McGonigal

  Skills, Self, Brain

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• The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Self, Effort, Attention

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.46, Macmillan

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• The best fighter is never angry.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Yoga

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• Roza, my self-control is ten times stronger than yours." I opened my eyes, shifting to look into his. I brushed his hair back and smiled, certain my heart would expand and expand until there was nothing left of me. "Oh yeah? That's not the impression I just got." "Wait until next time," he warned. "I'll do things that'll make you lose control within seconds.

  Richelle Mead

  Heart, Eye, Hair

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• But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22

  Nicholas Sparks

  Kindness, Self, Joy

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• The only motive strong enough to induce men to exercise the self control required by the religion of Jesus is love.

  Marion G. Romney

  Love, Jesus, Strong

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• There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be with someone,” I said diplomatically. Unless that person turns your world upside down and makes you lose all self-control.

  Richelle Mead

  Self, World, Down And

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• How silly people were to eat. They thought they needed food for energy, but they didn't. Energy came from will, from self-control.

  Steven Levenkron

  Silly, Self, People

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• The principal use of prudence, of self-control, is that it teaches us to be masters of our passions, and to so control and guide them that the evils which they cause are quite bearable, and that we even derive joy from them all.

  Rene Descartes

  Anger, Passion, Self

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• Don't look now, but that's my ex over there." Surely I'm not the only one who takes "don't look now" as "there's no better time than now." I looked. "Bad, Ali!" Another slap to my arm. "Bad, bad, bad Ali! Have you no self control?

  Gena Showalter

  Self, Looks, Arms

  Gena Showalter (2015). “The White Rabbit Chronicles: Alice in Zombieland\Through the Zombie Glass\The Queen of Zombie Hearts”, p.53, Harlequin

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• I am in love with you', I responded. He laughed the most beguiling and gentle laugh. 'Of course you are,' he replied. 'I understand perfectly because I'm in love with myself. The fact that I'm not transfixed in front of the nearest mirror takes a great deal of self-control.' It was my turn to laugh.

  Anne Rice

  Love You, Mirrors, Self

  Anne Rice (2002). “Blackwood Farm”, Knopf

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• He could not forget the touch of her arms around his neck, impatiently felt as it had been at the time; but now the recollection of her clinging defence of him, seemed to thrill him through and through,—to melt away every resolution, all power of self-control, as if it were wax before a fire.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Love, Romantic, Fire

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1513, BookCaps Study Guides

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