self-control Quotes

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

For greed all nature is too little.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

All cruelty springs from weakness.