348 Quotes About Self-control

Sometimes, humanity surprises me with all its lack of control over the primordial urges. These innate urges are the biological traits that make us similar to the rest of the animal kingdom. But the modern qualities that make us superior to all the animals are intellect and self-control.

Don't react. Respond instead. Exercise some forethought into what you're about to say and do.

When we ground ourselves in the present moment, we spontaneously connect better with others. We become more responsive and less reactive, listening more deeply and speaking with greater clarity.

Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind.

Holding on stands in the way of what's meant for you.

Our work activities are perhaps most interesting when the element of competition is present.

When we are impatient, we are neither reverential nor reflective because we are too self-centered. Whereas faith and patience are companions, so are selfishness and impatience. It is so easy to be confrontive without being informative; so easy to be indignant without being intelligent; so easy to be impulsive without being insightful. It is so easy to command others when we are not in control of ourselves.

Patience is the inclination to control the racing mind, which wants to jump ahead.

Against a soft fool, try and change him; against a hard fool, turn away.