Self Control Quotes - Page 9

• Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.

  Wilkie Collins

  Men, Wit, Temper

  Wilkie Collins (2008). “The Woman in White”, p.396, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• No mistakes, I'd promised myself that i would make no mistakes, no matter how minimal they seemed. if i held her hand, i would only want more - another insignificant touch, another move closer to her. i could feel that. a new kind of desire was growing in me, working to override my self-control. no mistakes.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Mistake, Moving, Self

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• Dave Rudabaugh is an ignorant scoundrel! I disapprove of his very existence. I considered ending it myself on several occasions but self-control got the better of me.

  Doc Holliday

  Self, Ignorant, Dave

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• Love and Self-control are the bookends of the fruit of the Spirit. Remove one of them and the rest fall over

  Joyce Meyer

  Fall, Self, Fruits Of The Spirit

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• Self-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless.

  Rickson Gracie

  Art, Self Confidence, Discipline

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• Self-Control is the very essence of character. To be able to look a man straight in the eye, calmly and deliberately, without the slightest ruffle of temper under extreme provocation, gives a sense of power which nothing else can give. To feel that you are always, not sometimes, master of yourself, gives a dignity and strength to character, buttresses it, supports it on every side, as nothing else can. This is the culmination of thought mastery.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Eye, Character, Men

  Orison Swett Marden (2015). “Peace, Power & Plenty (Unabridged): Before a Man Can Lift Himself, He Must Lift His Thought”, p.132, e-artnow

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• A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential quality of a good man.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Self, Essence

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• I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

  W. C. Fields

  Funny, Witty, Strong

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• There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Self, Years, Generosity

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• Four innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control and duty.

  James Q. Wilson

  Inspirational, Self, People

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• The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and need for ultimate self-control, one's nerve might fail and cause an error. That's irony of it - that fear could short-circiut skill, that one would die as a direcy result of being afraid to die.

  Royal Robbins

  Errors, Climbing, Self

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• Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to God.

  Clement of Alexandria

  Ignorance, Self, Injustice

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• It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

  Gautama Buddha

  Motivational, Positive, Inspiring

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• Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.

  Lord Acton

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Religious

  "Faith in Freedom: Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices". Book by Thomas Stephen Szasz, 2004.

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• Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort

  Daniel Goleman

  Emotional, Self, Accomplishment

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.83, Bantam

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• Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said.

  Gertrude Stein

  Way, Said, Bother

  Gertrude Stein (2004). “Look at Me Now and Here I Am: Writings and Lectures, 1911-1945”, Peter Owen Publishers

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• My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Women, Lying, Exercise

  Mahatma Gandhi (1964). “Through Self-control”

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• For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making, and rendering success impossible by their own cross-grained ungentleness; whilst others, it may be much less gifted, make their way and achieve success by simple patience, equanimity, and self-control.

  Samuel Smiles

  Life, Success, Fighting

  Samuel Smiles (1910). “Character. Repr”

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• You'd be better served ifyou gave me a moment to regain my self-control and let me remove my boots. It's the least agentleman can do.""And you're such a gentleman.""Not with you, love. But I'm trying.

  Anne Stuart

  Love, Self, Gentleman

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• He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession of artistic ability should be supposed to excuse a man from a decent exercise of self-control.

  Agatha Christie

  Exercise, Men, Self

  Agatha Christie (1985). “Murder in Retrospect”

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• I think I would have drank myself to death, literally, if I didn't just stop, once and for all when I did. I am not ever going to preach to anyone about drugs or drinking. But, for me, when they were around, I had no self control.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Drinking, Thinking, Self

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• These days, I find it harder to listen to really trebly lo-fi recordings. At the same time, without the old limitations, these new technologies require self control. So much of the software seems to be about correcting imperfections - quantizing, Auto-tune - and, to me, those corrections can really drain the life out of a performance.

  Michael Dumontier

  Technology, Self, Auto Tune

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.

  Roy Baumeister

  Sports, Self Esteem, Discipline

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• Fear is like fire. You can make it work for you: it can warm you in the winter, cook your food when you're hungry, give you light when you are in the dark, and produce energy. Let it go out of control and it can hurt you, even kill you... Fear is a friend of exceptional people... You must understand fear so you can manipulate it.

  Cus D'Amato

  Sports, Hurt, Winter

  "Teddy Atlas' powerful motivation speech - A Song of Fear and Fire" by Carlos Alejandrino, www.mixedmartialarts.com. February 09, 2017.

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• More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride.

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Wrestling, Pride

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