I’ve stopped drinking, but only while I’m asleep.

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn’t do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.

I shouldn’t be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn’t care to drink with, even if he drank.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

Only you can control your future.

It was easy being healthy when I was young. I was full of energy, so sports and physical challenges were fun. But as I got older and the spring left my step, exercise became harder, and eating, drinking and watching TV became easier. By the time I was 50, I’d put on 50 pounds.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

You don’t have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don’t have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.

Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

I’ll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They’re too much fun.

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication – it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness – it is all that I have – and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well.

I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, ‚He is not a lush.‘ That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, ‚Look!‘

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

Don’t get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

People change because of kids. They change how they eat. They change the way they think. They change the way they see one another.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

Sometimes, it’s just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It’s exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

I’ve done everything every fat person ever has. I’ve tried every diet.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

As unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current less-than-fulfilling lives. We want to be happier, more loving, forgiving and connected with the people around us.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

I’m a people pleaser. I hold a lot of things in. I’m always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don’t rage; I usually don’t curse.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

For my part, I desire to see the time when education – and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry – shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.

I’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we’re not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want.

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

I’ve never fought with anyone. A lot of people talk to me, and they’re like, ‚Oh, you would have been fighting all the time when you were younger,‘ but I’m like, ‚I never fought with anyone because I always knew that if I hurt myself, I might lose important time in my cricket career,‘ so I never got into any fight, ever in my life.

I’m very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.

But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know. There’s no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Mandela’s heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when he had the upper hand he has this incredible self-control and these incredible leadership qualities.

I usually get up at 3 A.M. I don’t require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I’ll take a powernap during the day.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.

As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There’s a select few that will never like me. They don’t like what I stand for. They don’t like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They’re going to be negative no matter what.

When you get angry, your options narrow.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

I never smoke to excess – that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

I’m not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can’t afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game.

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

There is moderation even in excess.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

My experience with power, you can maintain it, or you get it taken from you. You get you some newfound power and go crazy, and it get taken from you quick.