Only the disciplined ones in life are free. If you are undisciplined, you are a slave to your moods and your passions.
Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
The discipline of desire is the background of character.
I don't think I have ever been out of control.
I've got to really try and manage my patience out there.
Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
Moderation is never something I've been good at.
We’re becoming an undisciplined people …
O never give me over to my own heart's desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!
I always feel like there's some behaviour that we're all capable - we have our inhibitions protecting from indulging in certain appetites or developing certain appetites.
I didn't stay patient enough at times, maybe.
I do not see any beauty in self-restraint.
One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
People who never get carried away should be.
Self-control is true power.
I'd say exercising self-control is very important for a dissolute life.
The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.
I hate exercising self-control.
It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.
I have never seen my own husband ruffled which must require a certain amount of self-control.
Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.
