The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry.
– Prophet Muhammad
A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves a thousand moments of regret
Respectable character is developed by consistency in self discipline and self control.
– Anil Kumar Sinha
The more you understand yourself, the more you can control yourself.
– Dr T.P.Chia
Never allow your mind to wander untamed like a wild animal that exists on the basis of survival of the fittest. Tame your mind with consistent focus on your goals and desires.
– Stephen Richards
Don’t give advice unless you’re asked.
– Amy Alcott
Don’t let people; places and things determine your moods. Take charge of how you want to feel each and every day.
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
– James Allen
Self- control is the chief element in self- respect, and self- respect is the chief element in courage.
– Thucydides
Control your tongue and make no enemy.
One who has control over their emotions has great power over those who don’t!
Some of y’all need to be fasting from things other than food: The news, social media, negative people, complaining, worrying, video games, alcohol, drugs. Especially if you can’t go without it.
– Matt Stephens
It was enough just to sit there without words.
– Louise Erdrich
A beautiful woman that can go out and then come home alone and lay in bed alone, is a woman with standards and self control.
I can’t even imagine the self control required to work at a bubble wrap factory.
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
– Dr. Suess
The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy.
– Rumi
Self-restraint, cautiousness, and prudence will keep bad luck away!
– Dr T.P.Chia
You draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are. . . . You create the identity you want for yourself.
– Meghan Markle
Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.
– Carlos Slim
Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?
– A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
The less said the better.
– Jane Austen
It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
– Leonardo da Vinci
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
– Virginia Woolf
By constant self discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.
– Grenville Kleiser
People on diets will cheat regardless, so we mitigate the damage by pre-scheduling it and limiting it to 24 hours.
– Tim Ferriss
We can manufacture whatever we want within ourselves – joy or misery, fear or love, anxiety or ecstasy.
– Sadhguru
However much you are educated, if you are not self disciplined, your education would be a waste.
– Ravi Sathasivam
As far as your self control goes, as far goes your freedom.
– Marie Ebner
I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
– Mahatma Gandhi
You have the power to not react.
You have the power not to be emotional.
You have the power to not let anything affect you internally.
No one can take away your inner freedom.
You have the control button inside. Use it. Be self-sovereign.
– The Ancient Sage
The most powerful control we can ever attain, is to be in control of ourselves.
– Chris Page
We can never control how other people treat us, but we can control our emotions towards how they treat us. And not burst into fury, anger and hate. We must never forget who we are.
Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.
– Franz Kafka
To love is to lose control.
– Paulo Coelho
Being a man is not about how tough you are, its about how you control the difficult situations that life confronts you with.
Self control is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive.
– George Bernard Shaw
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
He that is quiet and knows how to seal his mouth and control the tongue can not be easily manipulated.
You must admit you have self-control before you can use it.
-Carrie Latet
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
– Dale Carnegie
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
– Marcus Annaeus
He that would govern others should first be the master of himself.
– Philip Massinger
Never eat more than you can lift.
– Miss Piggy
Being out of control is one of the worst feelings in the world,sometimes even worse than pain. It is its own kind of pain.
– Danzae Pace
It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
– Mick Jagger
Insanity is knowing that what you’re doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can’t stop it.
– Elizabeth Wurtze
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty and he who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city.
That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation.
– Mary Parker Follett
It’s okay to be a fat man. It’s prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self control.
– Camryn Manheim
Swearing signals a lack of eloquence and emotional control.
– Naval Ravikant
Do not ask a question if its answer would not make a difference.
– Boghos L. Artinian
You are a slave of your consents.
Self command is the main elegance.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson