“In the other end of the ring stood Randy's self control, drooling on itself and bleeding from places that self control was never supposed to bleed.”
“self respect. self reliance. self control.”
“Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.”Grace: “I’m not looking for self-control.”
“Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.”
“There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include self government will only guarantee our mediocrity.”
“All women are brought up from the very earliest years in the belief that their ideal of character is the very opposite to that of men; not self-will,and government by self-control, but submission and yielding to the control of others. All the moralities tell them that it is their nature to live fir others;to make complete abnegation of themselves,and to have no life but in their affections.”