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Self Control Quotes - Page 2

Self-control is solely a matter of thought-control!

Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success”, p.292, Courier Corporation

Those who can command themselves command others.

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.144

I’m not looking for self-control.

Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver”, p.251, Scholastic UK

Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

Self-control is only courage under another form.

Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.158

Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said.

Gertrude Stein (2004). “Look at Me Now and Here I Am: Writings and Lectures, 1911-1945”, Peter Owen Publishers

Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others.

Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.285, Northwestern University Press