Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old self control quotes, self control sayings, and self control proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
No man is free who is not master of himself.Epictetus
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No man is free who cannot command himself.Pythagoras
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No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself. Thomas Kempis
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.Elie Wiesel
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He who has power over himself has power over his greatest enemy.Matshona Dhliwayo
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He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king.John Milton
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Even a little self control can save you a lot of time, energy and errors.Unkown
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You can't always control the wind, but you can control your sails. Dr. Bob Chope
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You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.da Vinci
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me.Michel de Montaigne
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I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.Pietro Aretino
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I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. William Henley
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What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.Aristotle
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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.Josh Billings
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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
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You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.Jim Whittaker
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.Napoleon Hill
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He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.Bible
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In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves.Harry S. Truman
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Self-control is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive. George Bernard Shaw
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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
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.Plautus
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The only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Elie Wiesel
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Man who man would be, must rule the empire of himself.Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Learning to control your reactions, saves you a lot of explaining, regretting, and apologizing.Remez Sasson
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If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.Benjamin Franklin
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Self control is the power within you that holds the reins of anger, intolerance and impulsiveness.Remez Sasson
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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.Confucius
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.Tao Te Ching