Quotes about Self-control
There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.
— Publilius Syrus
I was daily intoxicated, yet no man could call me intemperate.
— Henry David Thoreau
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
— Henry Ward Beecher
I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
— Henry Ward Beecher
If I can acquire money and also keep myself modest and faithful and magnanimous, point out the way, and I will acquire it.
— Epictetus
The healthiest people were those who didn't spend money that they hadn't earned, to buy things that they didn't need, to impress people that they didn't like.
— Deepak Chopra
Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back.
— Jim Rohn
The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.
— Epictetus
The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as the thing you ought to follow at all costs.
— CS Lewis
Now he found out a new thing--namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.
— Mark Twain
Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.
— Samuel Johnson
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .
— Charles Dickens