self-control Quotes

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

The highest stage in moral ure at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

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

If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.