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Self-control
"Self-control" in a Sentence (12 examples)
He prided himself on his self-control.
Xiaoming has really poor self-control.
I'm employing my self-control so as to not lose my mind.
He loses self-control when he's drunk.
We're all capable of exercising self-control.
Tom has no self-control.
There one would learn much self-control.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
The road that leads to pleasure is downhill and very easy, with the result that one does not walk but is dragged along; the other which leads to self-control is uphill, toilsome no doubt but exceedingly profitable.
No one said self-control was easy.
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Near-synonym: willpower
A review of addiction research, published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, suggests mindful meditation strengthens self-control in smokers, even among those smokers who haven’t set an intention to quit.
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