Famous self-control quotations

   The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.  Nice Word by Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

   If we resist our passions, it is more because of their weakness than because of our strength.  Meaningful Quotation by François, duc de La Rochefoucauld

Inspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Great Words, Witty Proverbs
   All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.  Good Quote by Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887

   Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses.  Wise Phrase by Franklin P. Jones

   Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.  Wise Phrase by Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911

   The trouble with resisting temptation is it may never come your way again.  Famous Saying by Korman's Law

   I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.  Nice Word by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

   If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.  Meaningful Quotation by Benjamin Franklin

   A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.  Good Quote by C.S. Lewis

   What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.  Wise Phrase by Franklin P. Jones

   For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.  Wise Phrase by Friedrich Nietzsche

   There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than half accomplishes the object.  Famous Saying by Charlotte Dacre, The Passions, 1811

   There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.  Nice Word by Mark Twain

   Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address.  Meaningful Quotation by Lane Olinghouse

   The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.  Good Quote by Norman Vincent Peale

   Go ahead and squander your chi. But I guarantee you heaven isn't in Miss March's pussy.... Heaven is on the other side of that feeling you get when you're sitting on the couch and you get up and make a triple-decker sandwich. It's on the other side of that, when you don't make the sandwich. It's about sacrifice.... It's about giving up the things that basically keep you from feeling. That's what I believe, anyway. I'm always asking, What am I going to give up next? Because I want to feel.  Wise Phrase by Jim Carrey, from a Michael Fleming interview in the March 2004 issue of Playboy magazine

   Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them.  Wise Phrase by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

   It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.  Famous Saying by Mick Jagger

   About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.  Nice Word by Tom Wilson

   You are a puppet, but in the hands of the infinite, which may be your own.  Meaningful Quotation by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

   Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.  Good Quote by Robert Orben

   Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.  Wise Phrase by Author Unknown

   How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them.  Wise Phrase by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

   Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.  Famous Saying by Thomas Jefferson

   Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.  Nice Word by Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence, 1967



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