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Self-control is true power.
I hate exercising self-control.
I’m not looking for self-control.
Waiting is one of the great arts.
The fruit of the Spirit is . . . self-control
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
Hunger and self-control do not go hand in hand.
Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud.
Those who can command themselves command others.
Self-control is only courage under another form.
You need self-control in an out-of-control world.
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
Self-control is solely a matter of thought-control!
Discipline enables you to think first and act second.
I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor.
Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.
As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.
This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe.
Every act of self control leads to a sense of self-respect.
No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.
Until we lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.
Always clamping down on excitement is not self-control but fear.
Ambition, old as mankind, the immemorial weakness of the strong.
Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
I'd say exercising self-control is very important for a dissolute life.
An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys.
Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.
Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.
You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful or greedy. Unless you let him.
Emotions were like wild horses and it required wisdom to be able to control them
Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said.
With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.
Eating constitutes the greatest obstacle to self-control; it gives rise to indolence.
I don't know anyone who couldn't use a little boost in their energy and self-control.
they thought I had guts they were wrong I was only frightened of more important things
Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others.
The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.
There are many whose tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody.
Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead life to sovereign power.
Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them.
The only people who would be in government are those who care more about people than they do about power.
I would have swapped out Donald Trump's frontal cortex for somebody else's for a little more self-control.
Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.