“I lead a life of severe self-control mitigated by moments of impulse.”

“I had severe control freak tendencies, and when I had no control—I freaked out.”

“The central theme of Anna Karenina," he said, "is that a rural life of moral simplicity, despite its monotony, is the preferable personal narrative to a daring life of impulsive passion, which only leads to tragedy.""That is a very long theme," the scout said. "It's a very long book," Klaus replied.[...]"Or maybe a daring life of impulsive passion leads to something else," the scout said, and in some cases this mysterious person was right. A daring life of impulsive passion is an expression which refers to people who follow what is in their hearts, and like people who prefer to follow their head, or follow a mysterious man in a dark blue raincoat, people who lead a daring life of impulsive passion end up doing all sorts of things.”

“I'm really not good with impulse control.”

“Self-control is a key factor in achieving success. We can't control everything in life, but we can definitely control ourselves.”

“Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.”