Self-control Quotes

Lao-Tzu: "He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still." # Self-control # Power # Control

Friedrich Nietzsche: "He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures." # Self-control # Obedience # Life and Living

Aristotle : "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self." # Self-control # Victory # Enemies

Philip Massinger: "He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself." # Self-control

Edward Gibbon: "We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win." # Self-control # Victory # Winners and Winning

Josh Billings: "The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust." # Self-control # Love # Time and Time Management

William Shakespeare: "O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant." # Self-control # Excellence # Strength

Eileen Caddy: "Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words" # Self-control # Words # Influence

Charles R Darwin: "The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts." # Self-control # Morality # Control

Robert Burn: "Prudent, cautious Self-control, is wisdom's root." # Self-control # Wisdom # Love