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Self-control Quotes
"If you are covetous, you are a prisoner: If you are greedy, you will never be filled."
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"You are a valuable instrument in the orchestration of your own world, and the overall harmony of the universe. Always be in command of your music. Only you can control and shape its tone. If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song."
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"Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures."
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"We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more."
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"Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness."
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"The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain."
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"You must learn to control your dreams or your dreams will forever control you."
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"One of the drawbacks about adventures is that when you come to the most beautiful places you are often too anxious and hurried to appreciate them."
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"It is much easier to concentrate the mind on external things, than to concentrate on the mind itself. For example, a Neuroscientist can be the smartest man (or woman) on earth in his understanding of the human mind. He may know all the neurochemical changes underlying an outrageous behavior of a person. But when he gets mad himself, very little of his own scientific intellect would actually come in handy for him to control his rage. The virtue of self-control is a skill, which requires practice, regardless of all the neurobiological expertise in the world."
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"Refuse to react to any angry actions."
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"Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly."
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"Don't be your own devil."
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"We often bow down to our feelings without realizing how fickle and unreliable they are."
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"Immediate gratification is a dream killer."
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"I thought if I didnt take a break, I would do something even worse. Like yell or hang up the phone."
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"He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power."
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"When you have learned to love and control yourself, then you become the master of yourself."
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"Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth."
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"Limitations can be reasonably expanded. We are constantly challenging our limitations. But a hobbled mind is not going anywhere."
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"Live by your impulses, and you'll be just like them. You're better than that, aren't you, Red?"
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"It is wise for people to learn how to control their emotions instead of allowing it to overwhelm them and making them behaves irrational."
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"If you want to change someone, start and end with yourself. You're all you've got control over.yes, other people can change.no, you can't change other people."
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"Never worry about what you can't control...Focus on what you can."
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"But when one does not complain, and when one wants to master oneself with a tyrant's grip - one's faculties rise in revolt - and one pays for outward calm with an almost unbearable inner struggle."
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"Control your anger, be calm."
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"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile."
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"Do your emotions influence You or are You influenced by your emotions?"
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"You may not be able to do anything about how you feel, but you can do something about how you act. People will definitely offend you willing or unwilling by their words and actions...but you can choose to let that offence sink you down or not...."
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"Fighting external monsters is easy in comparison to how we fight those within us."
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"You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control."
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"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."
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"Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it."
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"Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers."
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"This is my life... my story... my book. I will no longer let anyone else write it, nor will I apologize for the edits I make."
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"One must say, be in charge of your fucking feelings and keep your mouth shut."
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"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."
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"Negative desires can cause no evil if you do not allow yourself to be seduced by them."
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"Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you."
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"Discipline your sexuality for it has the proclivity to cause a productivity that can influence now and posterity."
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"If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad-if I could say yes and also no, as if it were the law-it would become my law."
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"Discipline is when we delay our gratifications."
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"Controlled anger leads to positive action."
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"You cannot control what other people do, only how you react to it."
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"A deep breath is a technique with which we minimize the number of instances where we say what we do not mean - or what we really think."
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"When you are angry, close your eyes, you will regain your inner peace."
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"Self-control is a divided battle in one body. The "self" produces desires that "you" must battle with and kick off. Two wrestlers in one body. Just imagine. It's difficult, though rewarding!"
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"There is no aspect of life that you take that does not demand discipline. It is a requirement of life. It is not a matter of choice."
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"God in His perfect wisdom gave you power to control only one thing in the entire universe, and that is you."
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"If we do not master ourselves, we will be a slave to ourselves."
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