Quotes about Self-control
To subdue one's self to one's own ends might be dangerous, but to subdue one's self to other people's ends was dust and ashes. Yet there were those, still more unhappy, who envied even the ashy saltness of those dead sea apples.
— Dorothy Sayers
Any form of over-indulgence creates within the body warning signs of destruction.
— Mother Angelica
A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.
— Randy Alcorn
It's always easier to avoid temptation than to resist it.
— Randy Alcorn
Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just?
— Marcus Aurelius
Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
— Cicero
If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.
— Confucius
The superior man limits his achievements.
— Confucius
It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.
— Euripides
A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.
— Mahatma Gandhi