Quotes about Self-control
Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
— John of the Cross
The goal of fasting is inner unity.
— Thomas Merton
If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
— Thomas a Kempis
One who conquers others is great, one who conquers the world is mighty, but one who conquers himself is divine.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
— Lou Holtz
It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.
— John Wooden
He would have liked to behave well, but he did not know how to stop behaving badly.
— Aldous Huxley
Elisabeth Elliot is more precise when she explains that "freedom and discipline have come to be regarded as mutually exclusive, when in fact freedom is not at all the opposite, but the final reward, of discipline.
— Donald Whitney
But even though disciplining yourself is sometimes diffcult and involves struggle, self-discipline is not self-punishment. It is instead an attempt to do what, prompted by the Spirit, you actually want in your heart to do.
— Donald Whitney
The strong could make their own law, live their own lives; in fact, they were beyond good and evil. What was good and what was evil? It is easy enough to stifle conscience for a time. The satisfied flesh has its own law.
— Dorothy Day
"Worry" is a word that I don't allow myself to use.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel