Self Control Quotes

"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten." "Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame." "Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves." "Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame." "Don’t become a slave to technology – manage your phone, don’t let it manage you." "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." "When angry count to ten before you speak If very angry count to one hundred" "I can resist everything except temptation" "If you can control what you eat, you can control all other aspects of your life." "He who cannot obey himself will be commanded" "Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy." "Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it" "The mind is a good servant but a terrible master." "Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." "The very important thing you should have is patience." "A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world" "I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control" "Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." "I've learned to slam my brakes on every time I'm going into a self-destructive moment." "Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk."