The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will always get ahead. Edwin Markham said, "At the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky is a place of central calm." The cyclone derives its power from a calm center. So does a person.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.

A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

What man's mind can create, man's character can control.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.

But, as, when any of the prouder passions are hurt, it is much better philosophy to let a man slip into a good temper than to attack him in a bad one

I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice to rise to the occasion, to be kind and considerate, and have self control.

The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.