Self Command Quotes

10 quotes by 8 authors

• Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. — Henri Frederic Amiel
• Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules, he must know how to… — David McCullough
• Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair. — David McCullough
• The patriot, like the Christian, must learn to bear revilings and persecutions as a part of his duty; and in proportion as the trial is… — Thomas Jefferson
• The perspective of eternity is not a perspective from a certain place beyond the world, nor the point of view of a transcendent being; rather… — John Rawls
• What a searching preacher of self-command is the varying phenomenon of health. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline,… — Steven Pressfield
• Come, my child," I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries." "Good-bye, poor hare!"… — Lewis Carroll
• Self-command is the main elegance. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future well-being. — Virginia Postrel

Who Wrote These Self Command Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 10 Self Command Quotes as follows:

• 2 Self Command Quotes by David McCullough
• 2 Self Command Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• 1 Self Command Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel
• 1 Self Command Quote by Thomas Jefferson
• 1 Self Command Quote by John Rawls
• 1 Self Command Quote by Steven Pressfield
• 1 Self Command Quote by Lewis Carroll
• 1 Self Command Quote by Virginia Postrel