self-control Quotes

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

I don't like traffic cameras. In fact, I hate them. But that doesn't mean I can break the speed limit and run red lights to get to a New Orleans Saints game.

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.