self-control Quotes

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

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

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

When you are offended at any mans fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.