Anne Bronte Quotes

Keep your head on your shoulders.

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

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

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

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.

I still have to work on patience.

Always maintain your composure.

I always try to stay quiet and calm.

Discipline yourself. Be conscious of what you think, and what you like. What gets you mad? What gets you in your feelings? Figure that stuff out and take control of it so nobody else can control you.

Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion.

Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.

I have seen so much obstructed potential among people who lack personal discipline, who just slough it off, whatever it is, and who think that nothing matters very much. I want my daughter to have what I think of as a capacity for self-discipline. Not the sort of self-discipline that diminishes her own wild passions, but that makes it safer for her to own those wild passions.

Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.

Love increases through righteous restraint and decreases through impulsive indulgence.

Teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely.

The wise who control their body, who control their tongue, the wise who control their mind, are indeed well controlled.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

I don't let the hate go to my heart, and I don't let the praise go to my head.

Take your patience pill ...You can be joyous, but you can't be a jackass.

Who contains himself goes seldom wrong.

I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.

Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.

Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.

Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger.