Self-Control: 50 Life-Changing Quotes
Self-control is the quiet power behind every lasting achievement. It’s the discipline to act with purpose rather than impulse, to choose growth over gratification. These 50 quotes remind us how mastering ourselves is the first step toward mastering life.
"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."
— Lao Tzu
"What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do."
— Aristotle
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies."
— Aristotle
"The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts."
— Charles Darwin
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
— Epictetus
"Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most."
— Abraham Lincoln
"He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king."
— John Milton
"Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power."
— James Allen
"Rule your mind or it will rule you."
— Horace
"You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
— Marcus Aurelius
"The best fighter is never angry."
— Lao Tzu
"You can't always control the wind, but you can control your sails."
— Dr. Bob Chope
"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire."
— Epictetus
"A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls."
— Proverbs 25:28 (Bible)
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."
— Thucydides
"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it."
— Thomas Jefferson
"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself."
— Plato
"You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you."
— Dan Millman
"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."
— Mortimer J. Adler
"Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts."
— Napoleon Hill
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Self-control is the key to self-mastery."
— Unknown
"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power."
— Lao Tzu
"A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves you a hundred moments of regret."
— Unknown
"By constant self-discipline and self-control, you can develop greatness of character."
— Grenville Kleiser
"He who cannot obey himself will be commanded."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person."
— Stephen R. Covey
"Temperance is a tree which has for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace."
— Buddha
"Self-discipline is the magic power that makes you virtually unstoppable."
— Dan Kennedy
"It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it."
— Lou Holtz
"Don’t get upset with people or situations. Both are powerless without your reaction."
— Unknown
"Self-control is a muscle. The more you train it, the stronger it becomes."
— Daniel Goldstein
"We do today what they won’t, so tomorrow we accomplish what they can’t."
— Dwayne Johnson
"The difference between want and need is self-control."
— Unknown
"Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success."
— Robert J. Ringer
"You can’t control the waves, but you can learn to surf."
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
"He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."
— Plutarch
"To enjoy freedom, we have to control ourselves."
— Virginia Woolf
"You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel."
— Robert Tew
"The future depends on what we do in the present."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself."
— William Penn
"When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions."
— W. Clement Stone
"Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
"The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts."
— Charles Darwin
"You either control your mind or it controls you."
— Napoleon Hill
"The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason."
— Marya Mannes
"True power is living the realization that you are your own healer, hero, and leader."
— Yung Pueblo
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