self-control Quotes

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.