Quotes about Self-control

Your injured heart will be protected by your doing what is right until you feel what is right.

Salvation by grace teaches us to live self-controlled lives.

Prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled;...As obedient children, do not conform to the

In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term growth, health, or integrity.

Lord I submit my body to You. Help me to be disciplined in the way I care for it. Help me to choose health-filled and life-giving foods and be able to resist eating what I should not have. Enable me to make the right choices with regard to what I eat.

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

True love isn't just expressed in passionately whispered words or an intimate kiss or an embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.

1. List your own top three lust triggers. How can you avoid them? 2. What time of day or week are you most tempted by lust? What can you do to prepare for those times? 3. Which locations are the most tempting for you? How can you limit your time in those places? 4. What five little battles do you need to be fighting more faithfully? Describe in detail what it looks like for you to fight—and win—these battles.

John Calvin wrote, "The evil in our desire typically does not lie in what we want, but in that we want it too much.

True love isn't expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.

Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.

Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.