{"id":153103,"date":"2021-01-03T13:21:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T13:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.english-culture.com\/?p=153103"},"modified":"2024-11-10T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T14:34:17","slug":"quotes-on-self-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.english-culture.com\/quotes-on-self-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes on self-control"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Quotes
Quotes on self-control<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Quotes and aphorisms on self-control. Self-Control is essential to accomplish success in life. As a matter of fact your ability to discipline yourself, to set clear goals, and then to work toward them everyday, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor. You must try to be the master of your fate and the captain of your soul, always keeping in mind that willpower is what separates us from the animals, that is the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation, trying to do what\u2019s right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. This fact is certainly central to our civilization. Self-control is the ability to control the expression of our passions and emotions, since one of the greatest challenge is just to control oneself, because you are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you can feel. We must always remember that.<\/span><\/p>\n

So the following quotes are a means to improve our willpower and consequently find a possible key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. Once you are disciplined new wonders can happen. As the saying goes, conquer yourself and you conquer the world! These self-control quotes will inspire you to stay disciplined and achieve massive growth, since even if you don’t have super powers, you can at least develop your self-control. It’s up to you, you can do it. Then of course you can also read our articles about the importance of self-control in rearing children<\/a> and about all the self-words<\/a> to improve your mind and life. Therefore enjoy our efforts and please don’t forget to support our work<\/a>. Thank you a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Self control makes the man. A man without discipline is a boy full of reactions, rather than a man of good actions.<\/span>
\nGreek Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Mastering the art of controlling your reactions to the things that trigger you is where healing begins.<\/span>
\nAnonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-control – what lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.<\/span>
\nAristotle<\/span><\/p>\n

Man cannot live without self-control.<\/span>
\nIsaac Singer<\/span><\/p>\n

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.<\/span>
\nLouisa May Alcott<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead one to sovereign power.<\/span>
\nLord Tennyson<\/span><\/p>\n

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.<\/span>
\nMichel de Montaigne<\/span><\/p>\n

In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside of you.<\/span>
\nDeepak Chopra<\/span><\/p>\n

No man is free who cannot command himself.<\/span>
\nPythagoras<\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t always control the wind, but you can control your sails.<\/span>
\nEnglish proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The true value of the human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which one has attained liberation from the self.<\/span>
\nAlbert Einstein<\/span><\/p>\n

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It\u2019s your mind you have to convince.<\/span>
\nVince Lombardi<\/span><\/p>\n

Self respect is the root of discipline. The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.<\/span>
\nAbraham J Heschel<\/span><\/p>\n

Rule your mind or it will rule you.<\/span>
\nHorace<\/span><\/p>\n

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.<\/span>
\nStephen Covey<\/span><\/p>\n

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.<\/span>
\nThomas Jefferson<\/span><\/p>\n

If you learn self-control, you can master anything.<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

He who is living without discipline is exposed to grievous ruin \u2026 Who hath a harder battle to fight than he who striveth for self-mastery? And should be our endeavor, even to master self, and thus daily to grow stronger than self and go on unto perfections.<\/span>
\nThomas \u00e0 Kempis<\/span><\/p>\n

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.<\/span>
\nCharles Darwin<\/span><\/p>\n

If a man doesn’t delight in himself and the force in him and feel that he and it are wonders, how is all life to become important to him?<\/span>
\nSherwood Anderson<\/span><\/p>\n

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.<\/span>
\nEdward Gibbon<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Self-control
Self-control quotes and aphorisms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The main factor behind success is self-control.<\/span>
\nRig Veda<\/span><\/p>\n

If we don\u2019t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.<\/span>
\nWilliam Feather<\/span><\/p>\n

When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.<\/span>
\nW. Clement Stone<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.<\/span>
\nJames Allen<\/span><\/p>\n

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.<\/span>
\nSeneca<\/span><\/p>\n

If you lose self-control everything will fall.<\/span>
\nJohn Wooden<\/span><\/p>\n

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.<\/span>
\nGrenville Kleiser<\/span><\/p>\n

It is a man\u2019s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.<\/span>
\nBuddha<\/span><\/p>\n

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.<\/span>
\nAristotle<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-discipline, the key to eternal life, is doing something that needs to be done whether or not you find it convenient. Self-discipline is usually motivated by our convictions, our internal hopes, and our desires.<\/span>
\nRobert L. Simpson<\/span><\/p>\n

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.<\/span>
\nJosh Billings<\/span><\/p>\n

What man\u2019s mind can create, man\u2019s character can control.<\/span>
\nThomas Edison<\/span><\/p>\n

The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and objectionable.<\/span>
\nPlato<\/span><\/p>\n

It is not necessary to react to everything you notice.<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.<\/span>
\nWilliam Boetcker<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don\u2019t control what you think, you can\u2019t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.<\/span>
\nNapoleon<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who can command themselves, command others.<\/span>
\nWilliam Hazlitt<\/span><\/p>\n

When the fight begins within himself, a man’s worth something.<\/span>
\nRobert Browning<\/span><\/p>\n

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom’s root.<\/span>
\nRobert Burns<\/span><\/p>\n

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words<\/span>
\nEileen Caddy<\/span><\/p>\n

I never prod my nose into other man’s porridge.<\/span>
\nMiguel De Cervantes<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve always seen myself as a winner, even as a kid. If I hadn’t, I just might have gone down the drain a couple of times. I’ve got something inside of me, peasant-like and stubborn, and I’m in it ‘til the end of the race.<\/span>
\nTruman Capote<\/span><\/p>\n

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.<\/span>
\nElie Wiesel<\/span><\/p>\n

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.<\/span>
\nBillie Jean King<\/span><\/p>\n

Our destiny changes with our thoughts; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thoughts correspond with our desires.<\/span>
\nOrison Swett Marden<\/span><\/p>\n

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.<\/span>
\nConfucius<\/span><\/p>\n

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.<\/span>
\nCharles Darwin<\/span><\/p>\n

Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.<\/span>
\nMahatma Gandhi<\/span><\/p>\n

Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.<\/span>
\nMahatma Gandhi<\/span><\/p>\n

Control yourself or someone else will control you.<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Aphorisms
Aphorisms and quotes on self-control<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.<\/span>
\nEdward Gibbon<\/span><\/p>\n

It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it is ridiculous to show it to others.<\/span>
\nFrancois De La Rochefoucauld<\/span><\/p>\n

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.<\/span>
\nLao-Tzu<\/span><\/p>\n

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.<\/span>
\nJames Russell Lowell<\/span><\/p>\n

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.<\/span>
\nPhilip Massinger<\/span><\/p>\n

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.<\/span>
\nHenry Miller<\/span><\/p>\n

He who reins within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.<\/span>
\nJohn Milton<\/span><\/p>\n

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.<\/span>
\nFriedrich Nietzsche<\/span><\/p>\n

The best fighter is never angry.<\/span>
\nLao Tzu<\/span><\/p>\n

Clean your own yard first before asking others to clean theirs.<\/span>
\nBosnian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Do not yell “dinner” until your knife is in the loaf.<\/span>
\nCanadian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t jump high in a room with a low ceiling.<\/span>
\nCzechoslovakian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t make a mouse of yourself, or else you will be eaten by cats.<\/span>
\nGerman Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung.<\/span>
\nIrish Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

He who angers you conquers you.<\/span>
\nElizabeth Kenny<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t be too bold, or you will burn your eyes; but don’t be too slow, or you will lose your share.<\/span>
\nLithuanian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

No conflict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.<\/span>
\nThomas Kempis<\/span><\/p>\n

Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.<\/span>
\nGeorge Sheehan<\/span><\/p>\n

Anger doesn\u2019t demand action. When you act in anger, you lose self-control.<\/span>
\nJoe Hyams<\/span><\/p>\n

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.<\/span>
\nNapoleon Hill<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t bite off more than you can chew.<\/span>
\nSpanish Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t let anyone know about your secret money.<\/span>
\nSpanish Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.<\/span>
\nHarvey Mackay<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence.<\/span>
\nSpanish Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

My will shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man\u2019s doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.<\/span>
\nElaine Maxwell<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may be in the right when the world is against him.<\/span>
\nBertrand Russell<\/span><\/p>\n

There never has been, and cannot be, a good life without self-control.<\/span>
\nCount Leo Tolstoy<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-control, stop, think, what could happen? Is that what you want?<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

Pride… is the direct appreciation of oneself.<\/span>
\nArthur Schopenhauer<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Self-control
Self-control quotes and aphorisms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.<\/span>
\nH.P. Liddon<\/span><\/p>\n

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It\u2019s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.<\/span>
\nTony Robbins<\/span><\/p>\n

We have a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

Freedom is born of self-discipline. No individual, no nation, can achieve or maintain liberty without self-control. The undisciplined man is a slave to his own weaknesses.<\/span>
\nAlan Valentine<\/span><\/p>\n

Believe that you can whip the enemy, .and you have won half the battle.<\/span>
\nGeneral J.E.B. Stuart<\/span><\/p>\n

I am always with myself and it is I who am my tormentor.<\/span>
\nCount Leo Tolstoy<\/span><\/p>\n

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.<\/span>
\nEileen Caddy<\/span><\/p>\n

Silence is not always a sign of weakness; it\u2019s also a sign of strong self-control.<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

There never has been, and cannot be, a good life without self-control.<\/span>
\nCount Leo Tolstoy<\/span><\/p>\n

To rule self and subdue our passions is the more praiseworthy because so few know how to do it.<\/span>
\nGuiana<\/span><\/p>\n

A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom\u2019s root.<\/span>
\nRobert Burns<\/span><\/p>\n

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you don\u2019t, life controls you.<\/span>
\nAnthony Robbins<\/span><\/p>\n

I cannot trust a man to control others if he cannot control himself.<\/span>
\nRobert E. Lee<\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t control the fact people will annoy you, but what you can control is your reaction.<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.<\/span>
\nParamahansa Yogananda<\/span><\/p>\n

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.<\/span>
\nEileen Caddy<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenge yourself all the days of your life.<\/span>
\nAuthor Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

Govern thyself then you will be able to govern the world.<\/span>
\nAuthor Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

Mastering self-control, the act of restraining one\u2019s emotions is the true key to success.<\/span>
\nTimothy Pina<\/span><\/p>\n

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.<\/span>
\nVirginia Woolf<\/span><\/p>\n

Your brain shall be your servant instead of your master. You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.<\/span>
\nCharles Popplestone<\/span><\/p>\n

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.<\/span>
\nDonald Laird<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-determination is fine but needs to be tempered with self-control.<\/span>
\nAuthor unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

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Self-words quotes and aphorisms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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