348 Quotes About Self-control

It is way more pleasurable to master yourself than it is to masturbate.

Truth: last week I online shopped too much. Then I ate 2 pounds of jelly beans to feel better about that. In fact, while I was trying to read soul-nourishing things all I could think about was shopping and jellybeans. Points to the monkey mind.

Rejoicing in the variegated ringtones of life allows us to accept a life full of beauty, harshness, tragedy, and dark comedy without incurring any backlash of dread. Accepting our personal faults while attempting to learn and gain greater control over our primordial impulses produces self-improvement and enhances personal happiness.

Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.”Grace: “I’m not looking for self-control.

If we don’t make our own future, it will be made for us.

No matter how much energy you’ve expanded to fetter your true color, it leaks out eventually—usually during unpleasant moments

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

The awkwardness of getting reward in a well-off society is that the creation of appetite often requires undoing the work of satisfying appetite.

Choose your thoughts and beliefs wisely.Be your own best friend, and not your enemy.