52 Inspiring Self-Control Quotes With Images

Sometimes we all need a little self-control, especially with social media taking over the world. By having this sense of control, we’re able to create better habits and thus, live our lives in harmony.

Best Quotes About Self-Control Quotes

1. Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

James Allen

2. In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside of you.

Deepak Chopra

3. Control your destiny or somebody will.

Jack Welsh

4. The main factor behind success is self-control.

Rig Veda

5. Mastering self-control, the act of restraining one’s emotions is the true key to success.

Timothy Pina

6. Self-control is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive.

George Bernard Shaw

7. Man cannot live without self-control.

Isaac Singer

8. If you lose self-control everything will fall.

John Wooden

9. By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

Grenville Kleise

10. Anger doesn’t demand action. When you act in anger, you lose self-control.

Joe Hyams

11. You can’t always control the wind, but you can control your sails.

Dr. Bob Chope

12. He that has not mastery over his inclinations, he that knows not how to resist the importunity of present pleasure or pain…is in danger of never being good for anything.

John Locke

13. I cannot trust a man to control others if he cannot control himself.

Robert E. Lee

14. Ask for advise from those who evidence good self-discipline.

Leonardo da Vinci

15. Self-control – what lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Aristotle

16. You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Brian Tracy

17. He who has power over himself has power over his greatest enemy.

Matshona Dhliwayo

18. In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.

Paramahansa Yogananda

19. A horse that resists the reins, a car without brakes, and a person with no self-control, are all equally headed for disaster.

Satya Sai Baba

20. We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

Edward Gibbon

21. You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Marcus Aurelius

22. He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king.

John Milton

23. Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

Thucydides

24. Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.

Mahatma Gandhi

25. He who angers you conquers you.

Elizabeth Kenny

26. He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Lao-Tzu

27. Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.

Eileen Caddy

28. Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

James Russell Lowell

29. Learning to control your reactions, saves you a lot of explaining, regretting, and apologizing.

Remez Sasson

30. For a mind is a terrible thing to waste and someone will use it if you don’t. Take over; that is a manual for self-control.

Jacobie Allison

31. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Donald Laird

32. Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

33. I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Aristotle

34. Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

William Boetcker

35. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Napoleon Hill

36. Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Marcus Annaeus Seneca

37. He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

Friedrich Nietzsche

38. You must have discipline to have fun.

Julia Child

39. The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

Charles Darwin

40. t isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are–not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within–that you can begin to take control.

Oprah Winfrey

41. Self-control is a key factor in achieving success. We can’t control everything in life, but we can definitely control ourselves.

Jan McKingley Hilado

42. Self control is the power within you that holds the reins of anger, intolerance and impulsiveness.

Remez Sasson

43. What man’s mind can create, man’s character can control.

Thomas Edison

44. Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

Elie Wiesel

45. Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom’s root.

Robert Burns

46. Self-control – what lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Anonymous

47. The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you don’t, life controls you.

Anthony Robbins

48. No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

Barbara De Angelis

49. Your brain shall be your servant instead of your master. You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.

Charles Popplestone

50. No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

William Penn

51. Silence is not always a sign of weakness; it’s also a sign of strong self-control.

Anonymous

52. If you learn self-control, you can master anything.

Anonymous

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