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Self Command Quotes by David McCullough
- 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…
- Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.
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- Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules, he must… — David McCullough
- Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. — Henri Frederic Amiel
- 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… — Thomas Jefferson
- The perspective of eternity is not a perspective from a certain place beyond the world, nor the point of view of a… — 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,… — 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."… — Lewis Carroll