Emmanuel Adebayor Quotes

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

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

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

I have to reign myself in a lot.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

I need to rein myself in sometimes.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

I don't think I have ever been out of control.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.

The irony is that Washington was, in reality, very much like Benedict Arnold. The big difference was that Washington was ultimately able to control his emotions, something Arnold never learned to do.

I need to control my mouth.

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

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

I wasn't blessed with the natural ability to rein myself in.

I want to show I can control my emotion and aggression and stay calm.

The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as the thing you ought to follow at all costs.

I am not allowing myself to get carried away.

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

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

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

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.