self control Quotes

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not... ...

Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good.

We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.

For both excessive and insufficient exercise destroy one's strength, and both eating and drinking too much or too little destroy health, whereas the right quantity produces, increases and preserves it. So it is the same with temperance, courage and the... ...

[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable and obedient to it

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.

Adjust your desires to what you can currently afford. Only increase them when you have more resources.

No one chooses what does not rest with himself, but only what he thinks can be attained by his own act.

Through discipline comes freedom.