Quotes about Self-control
The discipline that is needed in our lives is the discipline that comes from within.
— Gordon Hinckley
Take twice as long to eat half as much.
— Anonymous
Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression.
— James Faust
Her grey, sun-strained eyes stared straight ahead, but she had deliberately shifted our relations, and for a moment I thought I loved her. But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires, and I knew that first I had to get myself definitely out of that tangle back home.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
Catering to bad feelings feeds and empowers them.
— Joyce Meyer
Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.
— Mother Angelica
My parents taught me to react quickly when temptation comes and to say 'No!' instantly and emphatically. I recommend that same counsel to you. Avoid temptations.
— Joseph Wirthlin
Keep your temper. Nobody else wants it.
— Robin Jones Gunn
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
— Lou Holtz
People who do not know how to remain silent, do not know how to talk.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Stated to a running back after an overly exuberant display of celebration: Next time you make a touchdown act like you've been there before.
— Vince Lombardi