Self Control Quotes

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. - Abraham Joshua Heschel

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including the vitiating of his temper and loss of self control. Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones, though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite. - Abraham Lincoln

O inimitable Enthusiasm! You successfully vanquish your enemy with the help of the powers derived from self control and restraint. - Rig Veda

I don't think we would have the kind of prison population now and what happens in this country with the gangs if the Panthers had been allowed to continue what they decided to do, which was basically empower black communities to take back their self control ... and reestablish the dignity of being a black person in this country. - James Cromwell

Hardest job ever: Working in a bubble wrap factory. Imagine the self control needed.. - Unknown

Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. - Jim Rohn

Discipline weighs ounces, regret weighs tons. - Unknown

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. - Dale Carnegie

A beautiful woman that can go out and then come home alone and lay in bed alone, is a woman with standards and self control. - Unknown