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SELF-CONTROL: Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. (Marcus Annaeus Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 B.C.E.–A.D. 65)
SELF-CONTROL: He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty, (Lao-Tzu, Chinese philosopher, writer, and founder of the philosophical Taoism, 604-531 B.C.E.)
SELF-CONTROL: What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. (Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the 'Father of Western Philosophy,' 384-322 BCE)
SELF-CONTROL: Anger is only one letter short of danger. (Unknown source)
SELF-CONTROL: Self-control is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive. (George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1856-1950)
SELF-CONTROL: That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation. (Mary Parker Follett, U.S. social worker, pioneer in the fields of organizational theory, who has been called the 'Mother of Modern Management', 1868-1933)
SELF-CONTROL: Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom. (Myrtle Reed, U.S. author, poet, journalist, and philanthropist, 1874-1911)
SELF-CONTROL: Self-control involves a minimum information given with maximum politeness. (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States during the presidency of John F. Kennedy who was regarded as an international icon of style and culture, 1929-1994)
SELF-CONTROL: No man is free who is not master of himself. (Epicetus, Greek Stoic teacher and philosopher, 55 A.D.-135 A.D.)
SELF-CONTROL: I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies. (Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the 'Father of Western Philosophy,' 384-322 BCE)
SELF-CONTROL: He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. (John Milton, English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England, best known for authoring his epic poem, Paradise Lost, 1608-1674)