Quotes about Self-control

On the surface, it appears that all we're talking about is food and the amount we consume. In reality, there is a more serious issue at the root. Overstuffing ourselves with food or drink or getting wrapped up in the affections of an inappropriate relationship are all desperate attempts to silence the cries of a hungry soul.

remember not every face-to-face confrontation needs a verbal response

When I am void of power, I am void of self-control.

What gives power to all that I fear others are thinking and accusing and saying isn't the people themselves. It isn't even the enemy. I'm the one who decides if their statements have power over me or not. It's me.

if we find that certain foods are impossible to walk away from—we can't or won't deny ourselves an unhealthy choice in order to make a healthier choice—then it's a clue we are being ruled by this food on some level.

And somehow becoming a woman of self-discipline honors God and helps me live the godly characteristic of self-control.

I acknowledge that I can control only myself. I can't control how another person acts or reacts.

Whatever may be, I am still largely the creator and ruler of my emotional destiny.

God's supernatural self-control is available to us when we walk by the Spirit.

Change yourself — you are in control."

The Mortification Of Sin In Particular Described

2.) Mortification prunes all the graces of God, and makes room for them in our hearts to grow.