Looking for meaningful quotes about having self control? We have rounded up the best collection of self control quotes, sayings, proverbs, and captions (with images and pictures) to inspire you to be self disciplined and patient in life to have full control over your emotions and actions.
FAMOUS SELF CONTROL QUOTES
- “Master self-control within yourself.” – ATGW
- “I’m not dieting. I’m just practicing self-control.”
- “Never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.”
- “The main factor behind success is self-control.” – Rig Veda
- “If you lose self-control everything will fall.” – John Wooden
- “One’s greatest challenge is to control oneself.” – Kazi Shams
- “To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.” – Virginia Woolf
- “You need self-control in an out-of-control world.” – James C. Collins
- “With self-discipline most anything is possible.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” – Napoleon Hill
- “You can’t always control the wind, but you can control your sails.” – Dr. Bob Chope
- “I cannot trust a man to control others if he cannot control himself.” – Robert E. Lee
- “In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside of you.” – Deepak Chopra
- “Self-control – what lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.” – Aristotle
- “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” – Donald Laird
- “When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.” – W. Clement Stone
- “Anger doesn’t demand action. When you act in anger, you lose self-control.” – Joe Hyams
- “Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.” – Robert Schuller
- “Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.” – Grenville Kleise
- “Mastering self-control, the act of restraining one’s emotions is the true key to success.” – Timothy Pina
- “Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don’t talk back.” – W.K. Hope
- “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 have to train your mind to be tougher than your emotions. I promise it’ll take you so much further.”
- “If you do not have control over your mouth, you will not have control over your future.” – Germany Kent
- “Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.” – Elie Wiesel
- “He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
- “Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.” – Thucydides
- “We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.” – Edward Gibbon
- “If you can not control yourself to do what needs to be done, do you really think that you will be successful?” – ATGW
- “He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.” – Eileen Caddy
- “The one that angers you controls you. Don’t give anyone that power!!! Especially the one who does it intentionally…”
- “The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.” – Charles Darwin
- “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.” – Aristotle
- “Your brain shall be your servant instead of your master. You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.” – Charles Popplestone
- “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
- “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
- “Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery. You have to get to a point where your mood doesn’t shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else. Don’t allow others to control the direction of your life. Don’t allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence.”
QUOTES ABOUT SELF DISCIPLINE
- “Rule your mind or it will rule you.” – Horace
- “Win in your mind and you will win in your reality.”
- “Control your destiny or somebody will.” – Jack Welsh
- “Challenge yourself all the days of your life.” – Unknown
- “No man is free who cannot command himself.” – Pythagoras
- “Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit, not a tool for self-torture.”
- “The control centre of your life is your attitude.” – Anonymous
- “Control yourself or someone else will control you.” – Anonymous
- “It is not necessary to react to everything you notice.” – Anonymous
- “Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence.” – Spanish Proverb
- “I never prod my nose into other man’s porridge.” – Miguel De Cervantes
- “Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.” – Michel de Montaigne
- “I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.” – William Henley
- “What man’s mind can create, man’s character can control.” – Thomas Edison
- “If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.” – William Feather
- “Clean your own yard first before asking others to clean theirs.” – Bosnian Proverb
- “No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.” – William Penn
- “It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you.” — Leon Brown
- “Self-control, stop, think, what could happen? Is that what you want?” – Anonymous
- “Self-determination is fine but needs to be tempered with self-control.” – Anonymous
- “Don’t make a mouse of yourself, or else you will be eaten by cats.” – German Proverb
- “Self control is the ability to do the important thing over the urgent.” – Timothy Keller
- “You don’t control negative habits with force. You do so by developing positive habits.”
- “A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves you a hundred moments of regret.”
- “Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.” – Psalm 14:13
- “We can’t always control what we encounter, but we can always control how we engage it.”
- “A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” – Anonymous
- “No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy–unless you let him.” – Napoleon Hill
- “The simplest way to strengthen your willpower is to consciously and intentionally exercise it.”
- “Believe that you can whip the enemy, and you have won half the battle.” – General J.E.B. Stuart
- “Self-control is the ability to control the expression of our passions and emotions.” – Anonymous
- “You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how your feel. Remember that.” – Anonymous
- “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
- “It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it is ridiculous to show it to others.” – Francois De La Rochefoucauld
- “You have power over your mind not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.” – Anonymous
- “Self respect is the root of discipline. The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” – Abraham J Heschel
- “The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and objectionable.” – Plato
- “A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.” – Louisa May Alcott
- “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
- “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
- “The true value of the human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which one has attained liberation from the self.” – Albert Einstein
- “It is a choice. No matter how frustrating or boring or constraining or painful or oppressive our experience, we can always choose how we respond.” – Edith Egar
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “Freedom is born of self-discipline. No individual, no nation, can achieve or maintain liberty without self-control. The undisciplined man is a slave to his own weaknesses.” – Alan Valentine
- “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
- “You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.” – Bruce Lee
SELF CONTROL IS STRENGTH QUOTES
- “The best fighter is never angry.” – Lao Tzu
- “Discipline is remembering what you want.”
- “My super power is self-control.” – Anonymous
- “Don’t be slave to your emotions. Control them.”
- “You must have discipline to have fun.” – Julia Child
- “Man cannot live without self-control.” – Isaac Singer
- “Anger is only one letter short of danger.” – Unknown
- “He who angers you conquers you.” – Elizabeth Kenny
- “I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.”
- “Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.” – Seneca
- “Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom’s root.” – Robert Burns
- “If you learn self-control, you can master anything.” – Anonymous
- “Those who can command themselves, command others.” – Hazlitt
- “Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.” – James Russell Lowell
- “No conflict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.” – Thomas Kempis
- “We have a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” – Anonymous
- “It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.” – Buddha
- “When the fight begins within himself, a man’s worth something.” – Robert Browning
- “Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.” – James Allen
- “In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
- “Self-control is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “There never has been, and cannot be, a good life without self-control.” – Count Leo Tolstoy
- “Silence is not always a sign of weakness; it’s also a sign of strong self-control.” – Anonymous
- “The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.” – Plautus
- “Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.” – Steve Maraboli
- “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity, and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” – Indira Gandhi
- “You can’t control the fact people will annoy you, but what you can control is your reaction.” – Anonymous
- “I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.” – Billie Jean King
- “To rule self and subdue our passions is the more praiseworthy because so few know how to do it.” – Guiana
- “He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.” – Tao Te Ching
- “The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.” – Josh Billings
- “Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control–these three alone lead life to sovereign power.” – Alfred Tennyson
- “Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.” – Teresa of Avila
- “Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.” – William Boetcker
- “Self-control: If A = success, then A = X+Y+Z, with X being work, Y play and Z keeping your mouth shut.” – Albert Einstein
- “Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” – Clint Eastwood
- “Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” – Dale Carnegie
- “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
- “Ships do’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.”
- “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
SELF CONTROL QUOTES FROM THE BIBLE
- “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” – Philippians 4:13
- “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” – Proverbs 18:21
- “So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:6
- “Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.” – Proverbs 16:32
- “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” – 2 Timothy 1:7
- “Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.” – Titus 1:8
- “For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” – Romans 7:18
- “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.” – 1 Corinthians 6:12
- “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23
- “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” – Romans 12:1
- “It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep. Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.” – Proverbs 25:27-28
- “Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.” – 1 Corinthians 9:24-25
- “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9
- “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” – James 1:19-20
- “For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age…” – Titus 2:11-12
- “Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.” – 1 Corinthians 7:5
- “Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.” – 1 Timothy 3:2-3
- “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” – 1 Corinthians 10:13
- “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.” – 2 Peter 1:5-8
- “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.” – 2 Timothy 3:1-5
SELF CONTROL QUOTES WITH IMAGES
