61 Self-Control Quotes That Can Change Your Life
2. Rule your mind or it will rule you. -Horace
3. He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king. -John Milton
4. The control centre of your life is your attitude. -Anonymous
5. I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. -William Henley
6. He who angers you conquers you. -Elizabeth Kenny
7. He who controls others may be powerful; but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. -Tao Te Ching 
8. Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control–these three alone lead life to sovereign power. -Alfred Tennyson
9. Speak when you are angry and you will make best speech you will ever regret. -Ambrose Bierce
10. You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do. -A. J. Kitt
11. What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. -Aristotle
12. You can’t always control the wind, but you can control your sails. -Dr. Bob Chope
13. In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside of you. -Deepak Chopra
14. Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint. -James Russell Lowell
15. Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom’s root. -Robert Burns
16. When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions. -W. Clement Stone
17. What man’s mind can create, man’s character can control. -Thomas Edison
18. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. -Donald Laird
19. When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone. -George O’Neil
20. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. -Napoleon Hill
21. The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. -Charles Darwin
22. No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy–unless you let him. -Napoleon Hill
23. The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you don’t you, life controls you. -Anthony Robbins
24. No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. -William Penn
25. 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. -Mohandas Gandhi
26. Your brain shall be your servant instead of your master. You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you. -Charles Popplestone
27. You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. -Chinese Proverb
28. Self-determination is fine but needs to be tempered with self-control. -Anonymous
29. No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change. -Barbara De Angelis
30. Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. -Elie Wiesel
31. A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well. -Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
32. Believe that you can whip the enemy, and you have won half the battle. -General J.E.B. Stuart
33. Challenge yourself all the days of your life. -Author Unknown
34. Clean your own yard first before asking others to clean theirs. -Bosnian Proverb
35. Don’t make a mouse of yourself, or else you will be eaten by cats. -German Proverb
36. Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence. -Spanish Proverb
37. He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures. -Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
38. He who reins within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. -John Milton (1608-1674)
39. I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. -Aristotle (BC384-322)
40. I never prod my nose into other man’s porridge. -Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616)
41. If a man doesn’t delight in himself and the force in him and feel that he and it are wonders, how is all life to become important to him? -Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941
42. It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it is ridiculous to show it to others. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
43. 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 (1869-1948)
44. Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words. -Eileen Caddy
45. Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward. -Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
46. The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. -Josh Billings (1815-1885)
47. The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and objectionable. -Plato (BC427-347)
48. There never has been, and cannot be, a good life without self-control. -Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
49. We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win. -Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
50. When the fight begins within himself, a man’s worth something. -Robert Browning (1812-1889)
51. Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself. -William Boetcker
52. You must learn to be still in the midst of activity, and to be vibrantly alive in repose. -Indira Gandhi
53. You must have discipline to have fun. -Julia Child
54. The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors. -Plautus
55. Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. -Margaret Oliphant
56. When you borrow trouble you give your peace of mind as security. -Myrtle Reed
57. Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them. -Teresa of Avila
58. What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline. -H.P. Liddon
59. Superior people never make long visits. -Marianne Moore
60. It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are–not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within–that you can begin to take control. -Oprah Winfrey
61. Anger is only one letter short of danger. -unknown
THERE YOU HAVE IT. Which of these self-control quotes did you like the most? Any you didn’t like? If you have any quotes on this subject, please share them below in the Comments section. Thanks!
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