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Control your emotion or it will control you.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about emotions, contentment

Control of mental conduct, not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about conduct

Laws control the lesser man; right conduct controls the greater one.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conduct, rightness, man

He who angers you controls you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

Almost everyone is mad but some people can control there madness.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

The greatest hero is one who has control over his desires.

Proverbs and old sayings about heroism

Occupy the higher ground to exercise control.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies

Choose your woman with a velvet glove, but control her with a fist of iron.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about woman

Who rides first, controls the speed.

Proverbs and old sayings about speed

He that corrects not youth, controls not age.

Proverbs and old sayings French about youth, age, olderness

If you want to control your soul, hand it as a gift to your intellect.

Proverbs and old sayings about gifts, soul, contentment

Better a patient man than a warrior, one who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about city, man

The greatest hero is the person who controls his desires.

Proverbs and old sayings Sanskrit about heroism, people

He who controls his tongue, saves his head.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about heads

A bird that prays for rain will find its self soaked.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about self-control, rain

The strongest person among men is not he who fights everyone but is he who controls is anger.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about anger, people, man

Self-help is the best help.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about help, self-control, americans

Conceit is the self satisfaction of a jackass.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about self-control, americans

A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about self-control, americans