self control, n.All

Self-control is badly spent and a threat to the day following.

Self-control is at the root of all the virtues and the sin-qua-non of moral freedom.

Self-control is the most important attribute of man as a moral being and that which forms a chief distinction between the human being and the brute.

Self-control is a thing some of us learn more or less by accident. The rest of us go all our lives not even understanding how it is possible, and blaming our failure on being born the wrong way.

Self-control is never such a clear-cut thing. When we say that a man controls himself, we must specify who is controlling whom.

Self-control is capable of being as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion.

Self-control's principle use is to teach us to be masters of our passions, to control and guide them such that the evils which they cause are quite bearable, and that we even derive joy from them all.

Self-control is a fine thing. A little at the right moment may prevent much subsequent compulsion at the hands of others.