Abu Bakr Quotes

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

Teach him to deny himself.

Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

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.

I've got to really try and manage my patience out there.

To be angry is to yield to the influence of Satan. No one can make us angry. It is our choice. If we desire to have a proper spirit with us at all times, we must choose to refrain from becoming angry. I testify that such is possible.

We must guard against allowing anger to drag us into sin.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.

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.

Protect me from what I want.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.