Welcome to the world of self-control, where the power to manage one’s impulses, emotions, and actions lies at the heart of personal growth and success. In this collection of self-control quotes, we explore the wisdom and insights of individuals who have mastered the art of discipline, restraint, and self-mastery. Whether you’re seeking inspiration to stay focused on your goals, overcome temptations, or simply harness the inner strength needed to navigate life’s challenges, these quotes are here to guide and inspire you on your journey towards greater self-control.
Below, you’ll find a curated selection of quotes on self-control that you can use for various purposes. Whether you want to share them on social media, add them to your personal motivation board, or incorporate them into your daily affirmations, these quotes are a valuable resource to help you cultivate and enhance your self-control. So, without further ado, let’s explore the profound wisdom and practical advice from individuals who have harnessed the power of self-control to achieve greatness. Copy and use these quotes as you see fit, and may they serve as a source of inspiration and motivation in your life.
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. Calvin Coolidge
Every successful person has a fair amount of self-control – it’s just the nature of success. Laird Hamilton
A strong police presence keeps individuals involved in ‘street life’ from triggering the most severe penalties of the law by providing a surrogate for the self-control and parental oversight that they lack. Heather Mac Donald
As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both – winning and losing – get easier. Rafael Nadal
The first thing I would do for anyone who’s trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control. Tim Ferriss
It is safe to say that when people are short on cash, they might be less productive at work, be worse parents, and have less self-control. Sendhil Mullainathan
Buddha’s teaching are very simple, you don’t have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from Buddha’s teachings and from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, is that the most powerful weapon is to not attack, to be able to have self-control. Ricky Martin
Exercising first thing in the morning ensures that you’ll have the time for it, and it improves your self-control and energy levels all day long. Travis Bradberry
God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow! Joyce Meyer
No one in al-Nahda believes that jihad is a way to impose Islam on the world. But we believe that jihad is self-control, is social and political struggle, and even military jihad is only a way to defend oneself in the case of aggression. Rashid al-Ghannushi
Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. Bruno Bettelheim
Hunger and self-control do not go hand in hand. Kathy Freston
Modelling, it’s being an artist as well. It’s just being a silent artist. It takes a lot of self-control and a lot of discipline. Jessica White
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead life to sovereign power. Alfred Lord Tennyson
While silence can in some circumstances bespeak noble self-control, it can also signify suppression, oblivion or cowardice. Ephraim Mirvis
Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence. Franz Kafka
I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task. Mahatma Gandhi
There’s a popular image of people who don’t save for the future as lacking in self-control. But the reason saving is so hard has less to do with self-control and more to do with a scarcity of attention. Sendhil Mullainathan
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
Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist – these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives. James Heckman
Since self-control is vital to reaching long-term goals, befriending people with willpower could be the secret to success. Whether you’re tempted to skip that workout at the gym, or you’re considering blowing this month’s budget, spending time with a disciplined friend could boost your motivation to maintain healthy habits. Amy Morin
The Western day is indeed nearing when the inner science of self-control will be found as necessary as the outer conquest of nature. This new Atomic Age will see men’s minds sobered and broadened by the now scientifically indisputable truth that matter is in reality a concentrate of energy. Paramahansa Yogananda
Personal health is related to self-control and to the worship of life in all its natural beauty – self-control bringing with it happiness, renewed youth, and long life. Maria Montessori
It’s okay to be a fat man. It’s prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control. Camryn Manheim
January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Year’s resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken. Sendhil Mullainathan
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control. Tim Ferriss
Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control. Zadie Smith
Eating constitutes the greatest obstacle to self-control; it gives rise to indolence. Mahavira
Traditional economics is based on imaginary creatures sometimes referred to as ‘Homo economicus.’ I call them Econs for short. Econs are amazingly smart and are free of emotion, distraction or self-control problems. Think Mr. Spock from ‘Star Trek.’ Richard Thaler
More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill – none have wrestled without pride. Dan Gable
Even though we don’t always realize it, as the day goes on, we have increased difficulty exerting self-control and focusing on our work. As self-control wears out, we feel tired and find tasks to be more difficult, and our mood sours. Travis Bradberry
I was that guy that, when the police would come, I would continue to wild out. I had no self-control. Sisqo
Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing. Angela Duckworth
Even though you think boxing is a contact sport, it teaches you not to fight on the street, to behave. It gives you discipline and self-control. Amir Khan
A ‘treat’ is different from a ‘reward,’ which must be justified or earned. A treat is a small pleasure or indulgence that we give to ourselves just because we want it. Treats give us greater vitality, which boosts self-control, which helps us maintain our healthy habits. Gretchen Rubin
I hate exercising self-control. Kate Upton
I don’t know anyone who couldn’t use a little boost in their energy and self-control. Travis Bradberry
Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting. Mahavira
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. Irving Babbitt
I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it’s up to me to choose to develop them. Joyce Meyer
In ancient China, self-government was highly developed both in community life and in personal life. The custom of mutual protection and assistance was widespread. The organization and regulations of local self-government were clearly defined and strictly applied. Individual self-control was even more strongly emphasized. Chiang Kai-shek
God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after him. And his children shall be filled if they will only hunger and thirst after what he offers. Richard Holloway
Self-control is true power. Marco Pierre White
Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control that they must be physically segregated every moment of the day and night. James Buchan
Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control. Steven Pinker
I’d say exercising self-control is very important for a dissolute life. Pete Doherty
I must learn to love the fool in me – the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. Theodore Isaac Rubin
Self-management and self-control are the keys to advanced knowledge, and both are difficult to learn without a sense of your own cultural identity. KRS-One
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. Charles Kingsley
I’m not a singer, so I reproduce a little bit what I see on television and what I listen to on the radio. I don’t have self-control, really, so I didn’t want to sing like Mariah Carey. Louis Garrel
Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill. Travis Bradberry
Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness. John Bytheway
We deify willpower and self-control – and mock its absence. People who achieve through remarkable willpower are ‘strong’ and ‘heroic.’ People who need help or structure are ‘weak.’ This is crazy – because few of us can accurately gauge or predict our willpower. Marshall Goldsmith
Self-control is needed in the age of technology. Folks have to apply their sense in reacting to different things. I don’t appreciate perverse and venom-spewing mindset. Chiranjeevi
Mandela’s heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when he had the upper hand he has this incredible self-control and these incredible leadership qualities. Bono
While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an indomitable will to power. Michael Dirda
During that 2011 offseason, as the debate around ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ and DOMA was heating up on social media, I had to pull out every last ounce of self-control to keep myself from retweeting something in support of marriage equality. Jason Collins
I know what martial arts have done for me. They’ve taught me integrity, self-control, perseverance and an indomitable spirit. Stephen Thompson
Public, noncommercial broadcasting is also giving kids social-emotional skills like persistence and self-control that are fundamental to success in school, not to mention in the military, the institution where I spent most of my career. Stanley A. McChrystal
I wolf food down like you’ve never seen. For some reason, I have no self-control when it comes to the pace of eating. Katie Melua
All that self-control stuff, I tried all that stuff from analysts. I went everywhere to these guys, every kind of anger-management, psychologist, psychiatrist. ‘Get rid of my temper, get rid of my temper.’ And there was only one guy who just said, ‘I don’t think this is related to, uh, issues. I think there has got to be something wrong.’ Harvey Weinstein
I’m much softer than people think. I don’t present to the world an emotional face. I’m pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved. Christopher Lee
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser
