Self Control Quotes

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  You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  Marcus Aurelius (2015). “Meditations”, p.116, Lulu.com

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• The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Love Life, Hypnosis

  'The Descent of Man' (1871) ch. 4

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• Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Children, Passion, Patriotic

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• Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

  Elie Wiesel

  Motivational, Fitness, Exercise

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• I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.

  Max Lucado

  Bible, Kindness, Inspiration

  Max Lucado (2015). “Let the Journey Begin: Finding God's Best for Your Life”, p.73, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If you lose self-control everything will fall.

  John Wooden

  Fall, Self, Ifs

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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

  Laozi

  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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• The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Peace, Temptation

  Norman Vincent Peale (2016). “Reaching Your Potential”, p.76, Jaico Publishing House

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• Success has less to do with what we can get ourselves to do and more to do with keeping ourselves from doing what we shouldn’t.

  Kenneth Cole

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• I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Mar 17, 2011

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• God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

  Joyce Meyer

  Self, Discipline, Water

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• When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.

  W. Clement Stone

  Motivational, Power, Emotion

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• Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

  Thucydides

  Self Esteem, Self Respect, Elements

  "History of the Peloponnesian War".

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• If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, James Breckenridge Jones, Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and Grow Rich, Updated and Complete - With If You Can Count to Four...”, p.120, Lulu.com

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• He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

  Laozi

  Positive, Encouragement, Powerful

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.36, Jain Publishing Company

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• In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Lying, Self, Eternal

  Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.16, BookBaby

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• Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Life, Integrity, Law Of Attraction

  Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays”, p.679, 谷月社

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• If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

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• Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!

  Zig Ziglar

  Motivational, Leadership, Discipline

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Aug 27, 2016

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• Rule your mind or it will rule you.

  Horace

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Discipline, Over You, Dominion

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• He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Life, Nature, Fear

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  He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

  John Milton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1859). “The complete poetical works of John Milton: together with a life of the author”

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• No man is free who is not master of himself.

  Epictetus

  Motivational, Self Esteem, Philosophical

  Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.125, Lulu.com

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