“Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind.”

“I garner what remains of my self-control and tell myself the truth: Not mine, not ever.”

“When I sit in my silence and look at my mind, it is only questions of longing and control that emerge to agitate me, and this agitation is what keeps me from evolving forward.”

“Because our culture so highly values an illusion of self-control and control of circumstance, we become abject when contemplating mentation that seems more changeable, less restrained and less controllable, more open to outside influence, than we imagine our own to be. — Judi McGruder”

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

“Self-knowledge is better than self-control any day," Raquel said firmly. "And I know myself well enough to know how I act around cookies.”