Self-Control Quotes

Here’s 30 quotes on self-control. Which ones jump out at you?

1. Control your destiny or somebody will. -Jack Welsh

2. Rule your mind or it will rule you. -Horace

3. He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king. -John Milton

4. The control centre of your life is your attitude. -Anonymous

5. I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. -William Henley

6. He who angers you conquers you. -Elizabeth Kenny

7. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. -Tao Te Ching

8. Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control–these three alone lead life to sovereign power. -Alfred Tennyson

9. Speak when you are angry and you will make best speech you will ever regret. -Ambrose Bierce

10. You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do. -A. J. Kitt

11. I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. -Aristotle

12. You can’t always control the wind, but you can control your sails. -Anthony Robbins

13. In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside of you. -Deepak Chopra

14. Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint. -James Russell Lowell

15. Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom’s root. -Robert Burns

16. When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions. -W. Clement Stone

17. What man’s mind can create, man’s character can control. -Thomas Edison

18. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. -Donald Laird

19. When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone. -George O’Neil

20. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. -Napoleon Hill

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

22. No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy–unless you let him. -Napoleon Hill

23. The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you don’t you, life controls you. -Anthony Robbins

24. No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. -William Penn

25. Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock. -Mohandas Gandhi

26. Your brain shall be your servant instead of your master. You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you. -Charles Popplestone

27. You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. -Chinese Proverb

28. Self-determination is fine but needs to be tempered with self-control. -Anonymous

29. No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change. -Barbara De Angelis

30. Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. -Elie Wiesel