Quotes about Self-control

Austerity has always made me happy, and its opposite, miserable. I find it strange that, knowing this, I should so often have inflicted upon myself the nausea of over-indulgence, and had to fight off the black dogs of satiety. Human beings, as Pascal points out, are peculiar in that they avidly pursue ends they know will bring them no satisfaction; gorge themselves with food which cannot nourish and with pleasures which cannot please. I am a prize example.

If you can manage your thoughts and mind, and choose your battles wisely, you can manage your life.

The key to your success or failure lies in your daily habits.

To be happy you need to take charge of your life by choosing to live in a beautiful state always because others might not have a plan for you.

For this is spiritual sobriety, when we use this world so sparingly and temperately that we are not entangled with its allurements.

when we are angered by the sins of   others, we should beware lest a temptation of an opposite kind should   take possession of our minds.

There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include self government will only guarantee our mediocrity.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Restraint never ruins one's health.

Some things you have to do every day. Eating about seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn't going to get the job done.

Health, power, riches, possessions and honor can be snatched from you, but your will is irrevocably your own.

We learn to curb our will and keep our overt actions within the bounds of humanity, long before we can subdue our sentiments and imaginations to the same mild tone.