Top 1200 Self-Control Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

Roza, my self-control is ten times stronger than yours." I opened my eyes, shifting to look into his. I brushed his hair back and smiled, certain my heart would expand and expand until there was nothing left of me. "Oh yeah? That's not the impression I just got." "Wait until next time," he warned. "I'll do things that'll make you lose control within seconds.

Love and Self-control are the bookends of the fruit of the Spirit. Remove one of them and the rest fall over

The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.

The Self is infinite. The Self is eternal. You are that Self. Beyond words, thoughts, ideas, forms and belief systems. There is nothing but the Self.

Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method.

Economic control is not merely control of a sector of human life that can be separated from the rest; it is the control of the means for all our ends.

There is no 'my self' and 'his self'. There is the Self, the only Self of all. Misled by the diversity of names and shapes, minds and bodies, you imagine multiple selves.

There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.

I wolf food down like you've never seen. For some reason, I have no self-control when it comes to the pace of eating.

I know you think that I have some kind of perfect, unyielding self-control, but that's not actually the case. - Edward Cullen

Control what you can control. I can control my emotions, my attitude, my effort every day.

Self-judgment is how conditioned mind keeps control over your life.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

Action painting has to do with self-creation or self-definition or self-transcendence; but this dissociates it from self-expression, which assumes the acceptance of the ego as it is, with its wound and its magic.

Increased public ownership of the economy should be structured to create more worker self-management and control.

I can't control what people think of me. I can't control any of that. I can only control what I do on the field.

My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.

I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control?

You can have fantasies about having control over the world, but I know I can barely control my kitchen sink. That is the grace I'm given. Because when one can control things, one is limited to one's own vision.

We're always caught up in the, 'Just control the things that you can control,' and sometimes you can't control those.

Transcendent Oneness does not require self-examination, self-help, or self-work. It requires self-loss.

And sure enough,the youth in question was not his usual dapper self. His face was puffy, his eyes red and wild; his shirt(distressingly unbuttoned)hung over his trousers in sloppy fashion. All very out of charactar: Mandrake was normally defined by his rigid self-control. Somthing seemed to have stripped all that away. Well, the poor lad was emotionally brittle.He needed sympathetic handling. "You're a mess," I sneered "You've lost it big time. What's happened? All the guilt and self-loathing suddenly get to you? It can't just be that someone else called me, surly?

I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem.

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don’t kick you around.

The only secret to being in control is to have it in the beginning. Retaining control is still hard, but obtaining control is virtually impossible.

For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.

Plato spoke of the necessity for divine madness in the poet. It is a frightening thing to open oneself to this strange and dark side of the divine; it means letting go our sane self control, that control which gives us the illusion of safety. But safety is only an illusion, and letting it go is part of listening to the silence, and to the spirit.

You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses.

It is a mistake to look at someone who is self assertive and say, "It's easy for her, she has good self-esteem." One of the ways you build self-esteem is by being self-assertive when it is not easy to do so. There are always times when self-assertiven ess requires courage, no matter how high your self-esteem.

The Gun Control Act of 1968 was passed, not to control guns, but to control blacks.

I practice self-control and staying active. Running round the kitchen keeps me moving.

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.

If you're self-compassionate, you'll tend to have higher self-esteem than if you're endlessly self-critical. And like high self-esteem - self-compassion is associated with significantly less anxiety and depression, as well as more happiness, optimism, and positive emotions.

Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.

We are working on creating self-describing, self-organizing, self-diagnosing and self-repairing networks.

Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification.

I've learnt to control worry, control doubt, control my inner Virgo.

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

Although most of us realize what we control and do not control, we live as though we do not really know, and in some cases we spend years focusing on things we cannot control.

Speaking of Self-realizatio n is a delusion. It is only because people have been under the delusion that the non-Self is the Self and the unreal the Real that they have to be weaned out of it by the other delusion called Self-realizatio n; because actually the Self always is the Self and there is no such thing as realizing it.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

Self-negation is noble, self-culture beneficent, self-possession is manly, but to the truly great and inspiring soul they are poor and tame compared with self-abuse.

Dysfunctions can occur in each of the self-regulatory subfunctions-in how personal experiences are self-monitored and cognitively processed, in the evaluative self-standards that are adopted, and in the evaluative self-reactions to one's own behavior.. Problems at any one of these points can create self-dissatisfactions and dejection. dysfunctions in all aspects of the self system are most apt to produce the most chronic self-disparagement and despondency

The idea of submission is never meant to allow someone to overstep another's boundaries. Submission only has meaning in the context of boundaries, for boundaries promote self-control and freedom. If a wife is not free and in control of herself, she is not submitting anyway. She is a slave subject to a slave driver, and she is out of the will of God.

Becoming a culturally intelligent innovators starts with something as basic as exercising self-control.

I have a clear view of 12 years of history of my inner self. First the cramped self, that self with big blinkers, then the disappearance of the blinkers and the self, now gradually the reemergence of a self without blinkers.

Self-control is completely necessary for increasing and raising your attention level. One of the places you practice that is at work.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.

I don't thrive on control. I'm not looking for control. I think I get better results when I don't control things.

But insight doesn't necessarily produce self-control. Sometimes you just see your destructiveness more clearly.

It's never too late to redefine self-control, to change long-ingrained habits, and to do the work you're capable of.

Self-criticism, like self-administered brain surgery, is perhaps not a good idea. Can the 'self' see the 'self' with any objectivity?

More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride.

Humility, reverence, compassion, forbearance, sacrifice and self-control are the qualities that reveal the outcome of the true education.

It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control other things?

Though it is folly to suppose that happiness is a matter of volition, and that we can make ourselves content and cheerful whenever we choose - a theory that many poor hypochondriacs are taunted with till they are nigh driven mad - yet, on the other hand, no sane mind is ever left without the power of self-discipline and self-control in a measure, which measure increases in proportion as it is exercised.

A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.

Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort

Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.