Steven Crowder Quotes

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.

I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

I've always been of the mindset that you will be defined by the things you say 'no' to because it's so easy to say 'yes.'

The three ordinary things that we often don't pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success, are hard work, perseverance, and basic honesty.

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

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

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.

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.

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

Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

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

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

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.

Right after my Twin Towers walk, I was approached by hundreds of people, and I said no to all the offers. I could have become a millionaire overnight, obviously, but I said no, and I continue to be uninterested.

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.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.