Quotes about Self-control
But in all cases we must guard most carefully against what is pleasant, and pleasure itself, because we are not impartial judges of it.
— Aristotle
The self-indulgent man, then, craves for all pleasant things or those that are most pleasant . . . Hence he is pained both when he fails to get them and when he is craving for them, for appetite involves pain.
— Aristotle
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
— Brian Tracy
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
— John Milton
Govern well thy appetite, lest sin surprise thee, and her black attendant, Death.
— John Milton
Praising the lean and sallow abstinence.
— John Milton
be killing sin or it will be killing you.
— John Owen
Thus it is unquestionably true that he who has been born of God, by "keeping himself," does not, cannot sin; and yet, if he does not keep himself, he may commit all manner of sin with greediness.
— John Wesley
Discipline yourself and others won't need to.
— John Wooden
The body is to be brought into subjection. The higher powers of the being are to rule. The passions are to be controlled by the will, which is itself to be under the control of God. The kingly power of reason, sanctified by divine grace, is to bear sway in our lives.
— Ellen White
Our danger is not from scarcity, but from abundance. We are constantly tempted to excess.
— Ellen White
It is impossible for those who indulge the appetite to attain to Christian perfection.
— Ellen White