348 Quotes About Self-control

Awareness of our problems thus does not necessarily mean that they get solved. I t may just mean that we are able to perfectly anticipate where we will fall.

Behind every successful person there is an out of control imagination.

So weit deine Selbstbeherrschung geht, so weit geht deine Freiheit.

Restraint:“There are three things that must always act restrained.Even five that should not use violence as their final word:The diplomat negotiating for his lord,The teacher instilling knowledge,The parent dealing with exasperating children,The officer establishing respect among the troops,And the wronged seeking justice.”—The Order of Things, Jan Alinckbroodt,Clinohumite poet philosopher (457 fTF - 620 fTF)(translated by D. J. Kenny)

Max marvels that you can't tell at all from his voice how this type of thing--the casual prying, snooping and implications--royally pisses him off. He really should have gone into acting. It's a tragically wasted talent.

Smile when you feel tension coming on . A simple and effective cue is to smile in the face of tension . It is difficult , if not impossible , to be mad or upset when you are smiling .By smiling you take the edge off an axiety-production situation .

Poorer children grow up with more stress and more disruption, and these disadvantages produce effects on the brain. Researchers often use dull tests to see who can focus attention and stay on task. Children raised in the top income quintile were two-and-a-half times more likely to score well on these tests than students raised in the bottom quintile.

The trouble with bookshops is that they are as bad as pubs. You start at one and then you drift to another, and before you know where you are you are on a gigantic book-binge. My brief case was full to bursting and I had bundles of books under both arms. I was bowed down by the weight of them.

Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life.