Self Control Quotes - Page 2

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Conquer yourself; the world is you!

As Christians, we call ourselves people of faith, but how much practical faith do we really have?

God’s supernatural self-control is available to us when we walk by the Spirit.

It is good to have a reason for every action you perform other than blaming others for your faults.

Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.

A credit card allows you transcend time. For it allows you to put off until tomorrow what you bought today, while you are still paying what you bought yesterday.

Woman wants control, man self-control .

A true woman of virtue is one who will socialize with every man on earth, and doesn't share her body with any of them.

If you have ever successfully resisted getting angry, then you know what it is like to resist a demon.

A life without regret can be attained by full awareness of one's actions in their present moment.

Self-discipline is often disguised as short-term pain, which often leads to long-term gains. The mistake many of us make is the need and want for short-term gains (immediate gratification), which often leads to long-term pain.

Joy, I think, is the main fruit of the Spirit missing among Christians, and peace and self-control are the main fruits or qualities that seem to be missing among those who are not Christian.

Be at peace with yourself, or you'll be at war with everyone.

There is no liberty, save wisdom and self-control. Liberty is within-not without. It is each man's own affair.

Freedom like charity, begins at home. No man is worthy to fight in the cause of freedom unless he has conquered his internal masters. He must learn control and discipline over the disastrous passions that would lead him to folly and ruin. He must conquer inordinate vanity and anger, self-deception, fear, and inhibition.

When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

Gaining satisfaction through accomplishments is and will always be a slippery slope, because there will come a time when you realize you have accomplished all that is within your power to accomplish in the realm of good, and will have nowhere else to turn but to the realms of greed and powerlust to find the satisfaction you crave.

Our emotions hold more power over us than blade or poison alike. To embrace freely the entire spectrum of our emotions is to allow a multitude of Trojan horses containing hidden emotional poisons to circumvent the walls of rationalization – walls we need to protect our trust, confidence, understanding, and self-control.