How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick.
Joseph CampbellStichwörter: self-control self-awareness ego
Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion...
W. Somerset MaughamStichwörter: self-control
He wanted to take Homer Wells in his arms, and hug him, and kiss him, but he could only hope that Homer understood how much Dr. Larch's self-esteem was dependent on his self-control.
John IrvingStichwörter: love self-control self-restraint
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
Marcus Tullius CiceroStichwörter: self-control excess virtue
But after a while, she began to experience the new reality of each person as being as strong and as weak as anyone else. Slowly, she learned that each of us grown-ups has as much and as little power as the other, and that we had best learn to take care of ourselves.(83)
Sheldon B. KoppStichwörter: life self-control
This week, Zuma was quoted as saying, 'When the British came to our country, they said everything we are doing was barbaric, was wrong, inferior in whatever way.' But the serious critique of Zuma is not about who is a barbarian and who is civilised. It is about good governance, and this is a universal value, as relevant to an African village as it is to Westminster. If you are unable to keep your appetites in check, you are inevitably going to live beyond your means. And this means you are going to become vulnerable to patronage and even corruption. That is why Jacob Zuma's 'polygamy' is his achilles heel.
Mark GevisserStichwörter: politics self-control africa sex civilisation corruption racism south-africa britain british polygamy 2010 jacob-zuma culture-of-africa good-governance patronage superiority-complex westminster
If I still need someone to calm my anger down,
then I surely need a scapegoat who enrages me.
Stichwörter: self-control anger angry point-finger scapegoat
I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.
Jane AustenStichwörter: self-control serenity
Sometimes,
you must refrain from doing things you want so bad.
Stichwörter: self-control refrain wanting-is-good
I want to kiss you.” Jace’s whisper pulled me from my thoughts and I glanced up to find his eyes blazing with raw need. “Just because Marc won’t touch you doesn’t mean I shouldn’t. Right? I don’t have that kind of self-control, and honestly, I don’t see the point in it. Are you supposed to be impressed by how long we can go without touching you? ’Cause if that’s the game we’re playing, I think I’d rather lose.
Rachel VincentStichwörter: love passion self-control need jace-hammond
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