God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow! ~ Joyce Meyer
上帝已經裝備你如何應對困難。事實上，祂在你裡面已種下了紀律和自制的種子。你只需用祂的話語澆灌那些種子，使它們成長！
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society. ~ Benjamin Franklin
教育你的孩子自我控制，養成以正直和理智來駕馭激情、偏見及邪惡傾向的習慣。如此，你便大大地免去他們未來的痛苦和社會罪犯。
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. ~ Aristotle
我認為戰勝慾望的人比戰勝敵人的人更勇敢；因為最艱難的勝利是戰勝自我。
It’s a humiliation to expect more than you deserve and a danger if you don’t know when to stop. ～Laozi
懂得滿足就不會受到屈辱，懂得適可而止就不會遇到危險。
He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
~ John Milton
控制自我並能統馭內心的激情、慾望和恐懼的人，比國王更偉大。
Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
凡較力爭勝的，諸事都有節制，他們不過是要得能壞的冠冕；我們卻是要得不能壞的冠冕。（林前9:25）
Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.
人不制伏自己的心，好像毀壞的城邑沒有牆垣。（箴25:28）
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.
凡事我都可行，但不都有益處。凡事我都可行，但無論哪一件，我總不受它的轄制。（林前6:12）
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
弟兄們，你們蒙召是要得自由，只是不可將你們的自由當作放縱情慾的機會，總要用愛心互相服事。（加5:13）
And to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness.
有了知識，又要加上節制；有了節制，又要加上忍耐；有了忍耐，又要加上虔敬。（彼後1:6）