348 Quotes About Self-control

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.

Grandma calls me *Master* Amal because she says I am the master of my own destiny I am the master of my own fate I am the master of my body, mind, and spirit So there was only room for one master and Clyde ain't it

Self-mastery epitomizes the height a person’s of measureable success. Conversely, we can gauge the depth of personal failure by a person’s degree of lack of self-control and self-abandonment.

In order for us to practice self-control, we must have a goal. We must have something we are saying “yes” to, which necessarily comes with things that we must say “no” to. We use self-control to maneuver ourselves toward this “yes.” This goal must be entirely our own. The minute another person is choosing and managing our goals for us, we have left self-control behind.

...experiencing life as a victim instead of living it purposefully with a feeling of self-control.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

If you conquer yourself, then you conquer the world

Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion...

Here’s one of my favorite statements: We are never going to enjoy stability, we are never going to enjoy spiritual maturity until we learn how to do what’s right when it feels wrong, and every time you do what’s right by a decision of your will using discipline and self control to go beyond how you feel, the more painful it is in your flesh, the more you’re growing spiritually at that particular moment.