Aimee Bender Quotes

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

One of my worst fears is being a self-indulgent person.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.

Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives.

A prince must, above all things, accustom himself to moderate his desires. For as he has the power of gratifying them, if he once gives way to them, he will run to the greatest excess, and, by destroying his subjects, will at last complete his own ruin. In order to form himself to this moderation, nothing is more proper, than to accustom himself to patience. This is the most necessary of all virtues for those, who are to command. A man must be patient to become master of himself and others.

Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.

I didn't stay patient enough at times, maybe.

Sometimes I think I'm a bit impatient, and a bit more patience would help me in some cases.

Teach him to deny himself.

Learning patience was not an easy lesson.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.

I used to think it was good to kind of work within your limitations.

Tiny slices, no frosting, forty-five minutes on the StairMaster: These are the conditions, variations on a theme of vigilance and self-restraint that I've watched women dance to all my life, that I've danced to myself instinctively and still have to work to resist.

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

Protect me from what I want.

I adapt to things quickly, including good things, which I wish I could shut off sometimes.

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.

I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

I can have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it's obviously a form of stupidity.

The ability to delay gratification has implications not only for a person's life, but also for a community, for a people, for a country.

Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.