#self-control

When any one provokes you, know that it is your own opinion which has provoked you.

Wisdom begins with self-discipline; an undisciplined mind is blown about by every passing wind of appetite.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.

To be self-controlled, patient, and content with simple things is the true nobility of the philosopher.

It is easy to fly into a passion—anybody can do that; but to be angry with the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not easy.

Self-indulgence is justly censured, because it belongs to us not as human beings, but as animals.

The real seat of taste is not the tongue, but the mind.

Silence is the great teacher of restraint.

The master of oneself is the master of all realms.

The master is one who has mastered himself.

A leader who does not practice self-control will ruin his state.

He who masters his temper masters his destiny.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

One who exercises sovereignty over their own senses fears nothing under the sun.

He who conquers his own restless passions is mightier than he who captures a fortified city.

Anger is a brief madness; rule your passion or it will rule you.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Do not waste what remains of your life in speculating about your neighbors, unless with a view to some mutual benefit.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.