Self Control Quotes - Page 6

• If the desires are not controlled now, later they will control you.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Relationship, Desire, Controlled

  Twitter post from May 25, 2013

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• Researchers were surprised to find that people with strong self-control spent less time resisting desires than other people did. . . . people with good self-control mainly use it not for rescue in emergencies but rather to develop effective habits and routines in school and at work.

  Roy Baumeister

  Strong, School, Self

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• ... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.

  Jerry Bridges

  Self, Spirit, Willpower

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate”, p.57, Tyndale House

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• We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.

  Watchman Nee

  Men, Self, Enemy

  Watchman Nee (1993). “The Finest of the Wheat, vol 2 - Hardcover: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee”, p.85, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Self, Upset, Unity

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• Self control is about being in charge of the direction our lives are taking. Now for the paradox: We get control of our lives, ultimately, not by will power but by surrender.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Self, Surrender, Paradox

  Lewis B. Smedes (2002). “A Life of Distinction: What It Takes to Live with Courage, Honesty, and Gratitude”, Shaw

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• Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist - these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives.

  James Heckman

  Jobs, Doors, Self

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• As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.

  Stephen Covey

  Integrity, Commitment, Responsibility

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• I define self-control, in the beginning of life, as the choice of achieving what I really want by doing things I really don't want to do. Once this becomes a habit, discipline becomes the choice of achieving what I really want by doing the very things I now want to do! I really believe that a disciplined life becomes a joy--but only after we have worked hard to practice it.

  John C. Maxwell

  Believe, Self, Practice

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

  Zadie Smith

  Self, Good Times, Knows

  Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 04, 2012.

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• The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control.

  Tim Ferriss

  Self, House, Trying

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• He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face. - Ben Franklin

  Benjamin Franklin

  Blow, Complaining, Coal

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• I am thankful for the adversities, which have crossed my pathway, for they taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance and some other virtues I might never have known.

  Napoleon Hill

  Perseverance, Gratitude, Adversity

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.186, Penguin

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• To pray is to change. This is a great grace. How good of God to provide a path whereby our lives can be taken over by love and joy and peace and patience and kindness and goodness and faithfulness and gentleness and self-control.

  Richard J. Foster

  Kindness, Taken, Self

  Richard J. Foster (2009). “Prayer - 10th Anniversary Edition: Finding the Heart's True Home”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• Self-control is the only possible road to character development

  Dennis Prager

  Character, Self, Development

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• Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried; Then ask God's help; it will not be denied. Use thine own sight to see the way to go; When darkness falls ask God the path to show. Think for thyself and reason out thy plan; God has His work and thou hast thine. Exert thy will and use for self-control; God gave thee jurisdiction of thy soul. All thine immortal powers bring into play; Think, act, strive, reason, and look up and pray.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Strength, Fall, Thinking

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.1630, Delphi Classics

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• Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.

  Nhat Hanh

  Regret, Anger, Thinking

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Transformation and Healing”, p.60, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and also a deeper awareness of how really dependent we are.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Mean, Self

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.333, Simon and Schuster

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• Now, what is Jesus Christ? The fruit of the spirit is a good example. Jesus is total love, total joy, total peace, total patient, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, and self-control.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Self, Joy

  "Rick Warren Clarifies Doctrine, Purpose Driven Life with John Piper - TRANSCRIPT" by Michelle A. Vu, www.christianpost.com. May 28, 2011.

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• I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

  Jane Austen

  Heart, Self, May

  Jane Austen, Angie Zambrano (2014). “Emma: (Starbooks Classics Editions)”, Createspace Independent Pub

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• Until we lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

  Henry Miller

  Conformity, No Hope, Restraint

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• 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.

  Henry Miller

  Fear, Inspiration, Giving

  Henry Miller (1972). “The Henry Miller reader”, Ayer Co Pub

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• He who has learnt to control his tongue has attained self-control in a great measure. When such a person speaks he will be heard with respect and attention. His words will be remembered, for they will be good and true. When one who is established in truth prays with a pure heart, then things he really needs come to him when they are really needed: he does not have to run after them. The man firmly established in truth gets the fruit of his actions without apparently doing anything. God, the source of all truth, supplies his needs and looks after his welfare.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Running, Truth, Heart

  "Astadala Yogamala Volume-2: Collected Works".

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• Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the poor; anger by goodwill and love for all men; worldly dejection by spiritual joy; listlessness by patience, perseverance and offering thanks to God; self-esteem by doing good in secret and by praying constantly with a contrite heart; and pride by not judging or despising anyone in the manner of the boastful Pharisee (cf. Lk. 18:11-12), and by considering oneself the least of all men.

  John of Damascus

  Christian, Spiritual, Perseverance

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• Here is the paradox of Christian living. We must give up control of self to gain self control.

  Andy Mineo

  Christian, Giving Up, Self

  FaceBook post by Andy Mineo from Jul 22, 2013

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