Top 47 Most Inspiring Quotes On Self Control

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To control yourself, you need to have self-control over yourself in all aspects. Self-control is the most important ability in life. The discipline of self-control is the most important ability in life because it determines how successful you are and whether or not you are living a happy life. You need to make sure that you take the time for everything in your day and be proactive about what needs to be done.

Self-control is more of a long-term investment than a short-term fix. But, the rewards are well worth it. Studies have shown that self-control can help improve your relationship with others and yourself and lead you to a more fulfilling life. It will help you achieve your goals much faster than if you didn’t have them because it means that you won’t spend too much time procrastinating or making excuses when there’s work to do.

These inspirational quotes about self-control will help you to change your life by achieving self-control over yourself. Remember, the most important person to be in control of is you.

Top 47 Most Inspiring Quotes On Self Control

“If you learn self-control, you can master anything.” ― Anonymous

“Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.” ― James Allen

“You can’t control the fact people will annoy you, but what you can control is your reaction.” ― Anonymous

“Self-control is a key factor in achieving success. We can’t control everything in life, but we can definitely control ourselves.” ― Jan McKingley Hilado

“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” ― Benjamin Franklin

“Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.” ― Thucydides

“You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.” ― Jim Whittaker

“In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside of you.” ― Deepak Chopra

“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.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Self-control is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive.” ― George Bernard Shaw

“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” ― Napoleon Hill

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” ― Brian Tracy

“Learning to control your reactions, saves you a lot of explaining, regretting, and apologizing.” ― Remez Sasson

“It is not necessary to react to everything you notice.” ― Anonymous

“He who has power over himself has power over his greatest enemy.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.” ― Anonymous

“Self-control – what lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.” ― Aristotle

“Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.” ― Elie Wiesel

“By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.” ― Grenville Kleise

“Silence is not always a sign of weakness; it’s also a sign of strong self-control.” ― Anonymous

“Mastering self-control, the act of restraining one’s emotions is the true key to success.” ― Timothy Pina

“Anger doesn’t demand action. When you act in anger, you lose self-control.” ― Joe Hyams

“Your brain shall be your servant instead of your master. You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.” ― Charles Popplestone

“Self-command is the main elegance.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Self control is the power within you that holds the reins of anger, intolerance and impulsiveness.” ― Remez Sasson

“The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.” ― Plautus

“Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence.” ― Spanish Proverb

“Self-control, stop, think, what could happen? Is that what you want?” Anonymous

“You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how your feel. Remember that.” ― Anonymous

“Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.” ― Joseph B. Wirthlin

“If you lose self-control everything will fall.” ― John Wooden

“One’s greatest challenge is to control oneself.” ― Kazi Shams

“The only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.” ― Elie Wiesel

“In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.” ― Paramahansa Yogananda

“We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.” ― Edward Gibbon

“No man is free who cannot command himself.” ― Pythagoras

“Control yourself or someone else will control you.” ― Anonymous

“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.” ― A.J. Kitt

“He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king.” ― John Milton

“You can’t always control the wind, but you can control your sails.” ― Dr. Bob Chope

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

“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.” ― Marcus Annaeus Seneca

“I cannot trust a man to control others if he cannot control himself.” ― Robert E. Lee

“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” ― Anonymous

“Self-control is the ability to control the expression of our passions and emotions.” ― Anonymous

“The main factor behind success is self-control.” ― Rig Veda

 “You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.” ― da Vinci

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