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Letter "S" » Self-control
«I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.»
Author: Billie Jean King
(Tennis Player)
| About:
Awareness,
Self-confidence,
Self-control,
Self-knowledge,
Zen
| Keywords:
champion, self awareness
«My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.»
«We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.»
Author: Jane Fonda
(Actress)
| About:
Self-control,
Thought,
Words
| Keywords:
impresses, repetition, repetitions, situation, subconscious
«The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason»
«The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.»
Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
| About:
Self-control
| Keywords:
absence, consist, masteries, mastery, passions, This Life
«Man cannot live without self-control»
«The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law (Galatians 5:22)»
Author: Bible
| About:
Faith,
Goodness,
Kindness,
Love,
Patience,
Peace,
Self-control,
Spirit
| Keywords:
faithfulness, Galatians, gentleness, self control
«Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Self-control,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
far left, left and right, not only, Right Thing, tempting, unsaid, unsay
«Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.»
Author: Seneca
| About:
Self-control
«One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.»
Author: William Butler Yeats
(Dramatist, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Anger,
Self-control
| Keywords:
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