Quotes about Self-control
The best remedy for anger is delay.
— Brigham Young
Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
— Jonathan Edwards
Anger does a man more hurt than that which made him angry.
— Charles Spurgeon
Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
— David O. McKay
Anger is self-immolation.
— Phillips Brooks
Don't lose your temper; use it.
— Dolly Parton
Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.
— Nelson Mandela
She was the captain of her soul
— William Faulkner
When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding me.
— William Faulkner
And before we can be clean and ready for Him to control, self-seeking, self-glory, self-interest, self-pity, self-righteousness, self-importance, self-promotion, self-satisfaction—and whatsoever else there be of self—must die.
— Leonard Ravenhill
You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.
— William Temple
A computer can be a useful and indispensable tool. But if we allow it to devour our time with vain, unproductive, and sometimes destructive pursuits, it becomes an entangling net.
— Joseph Wirthlin