Quotes about Self-control
Nothing so casts down the manly mind from it's height as the fondling of women and those bodily contacts which belong to the married state.
— St. Augustine
My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.
— Mahatma Gandhi
We never regret having eaten too little.
— Thomas Jefferson
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
— Thomas Jefferson
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
— Thomas Jefferson
We must not let our passions destroy our dreams.
— Thomas Monson
We pray, 'lead us not into temptation'. Do we then lead ourselves into temptation?
— Thomas Watson
Lusts within are worse than lions without.
— Thomas Watson
So dear is sin to a man that he will rather part with a child than with a lust
— Thomas Watson
They who pray that they may not be led into temptation, must not lead themselves into temptation. 2.
— Thomas Watson
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.
— Amy Grant
when the old fears, hates, and worries that have haunted you for so long try to edge back in, they will in effect find a sign on the door of your mind reading "occupied.
— Norman Vincent Peale