Quotes about Self-control
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
— Cicero
I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
— Booker T. Washington
Take charge of your mind and begin to fill it with healthy, positive, and courageous thoughts.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive.
— Gordon Hinckley
We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
— William Howard Taft
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
— Elie Wiesel
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
— Watchman Nee
Use wisely your power of choice.
— Og Mandino
See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails
— Will Rogers
Those who can command themselves command others.
— William Hazlitt
The whole art of training consists in two things, exercise and abstinence, abstinence and exercise, repeated alternately without end.
— William Hazlitt