self-control quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
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"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."
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"Man conquers the world by conquering himself."
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"You can have neither a greater nor a lesser dominion than that over yourself."
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"It's very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over."
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"For one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy."
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"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power."
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"Between stimulus and response, there is space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
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"No man is free who is not a master of himself."
406
"For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories."
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"The hallmark of a real man is controlling himself, controlling his emotions, and acting appropriately regardless of how he feels."
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"People who train every day do not want to train every day. They are not motivated to train every day. They have something else, they are disciplined."
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"Discipline is not a punishment. It’s a practice of self-control and self-mastery."
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