348 Quotes About Self-control

Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.

O righteous One, how i hate my flesh. My heart, mind and soul cry out to be one with you but I fall into temptations of my flesh over and over again. I hate myself for it for my flesh dictates my action. At times it torments me because you have given me so much wisdom and understanding but I choose to be sinful as if I have no knowledge of your righteousness. Yahweh, Most High, I'm sorry.

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

If you manage yourself, you control the flow of your time to the right direction. It takes self-discipline to be at the center of control for your own time.

The gentleness of your action touched my heart.

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

As I prefer to see it, there has never been an epic love story that involved significant amounts of self-control.

Laziness is the embodiment of self-control.

If you can’t control your sexuality, you will have a hard time maintaining your sensuality.One of my favorite quotes is by Robert Farrar Capon when he says we are given appetites, not to consume the world, but to taste its goodness.