self-control Quotes

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.