Quotes by Self Control I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor. Leo Tolstoy mentorself-control You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself. Leonardo da Vinci self-controldisciplineover-you I’m not looking for self-control. Maggie Stiefvater grace-brisbaneself-controlself There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another. Margaret Mead self-controlarroganceculture Waiting is one of the great arts. Margery Allingham self-controlwaitingart As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach your-freedomself-controlself I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself. Max Lucado self-controlvoiceprayer Always clamping down on excitement is not self-control but fear. Mason Cooley self-controlselffear The only people who would be in government are those who care more about people than they do about power. Millicent Fenwick self-controlgovernmentpeople Self-control is solely a matter of thought-control! Napoleon Hill self-controlselfmatter Emotions were like wild horses and it required wisdom to be able to control them Paulo Coelho self-controlhorseable This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe. Phyllis McGinley self-controladvicegiving Self-control is only courage under another form. Samuel Smiles self-controlformself The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control. Seneca the Younger self-controlselfexercise The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Stephen Covey impulse-controlself-controlessence Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them. Teresa of Avila self-controlspeakmatter No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself. Thomas a Kempis severeself-controllabor Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage. Thucydides self-controlself-respectself-esteem An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys. Vida Dutton Scudder self-controljoymotivational Ambition, old as mankind, the immemorial weakness of the strong. Vita Sackville-West self-controlstrongambition«123»
