self-restraint

Noun

Meaning

Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.

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self restraint

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Examples

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Theodore Roosevelt

The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require many years of training and education. John F. Kennedy

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint. Lewis H. Lapham

It is not lack of self-restraint but care for others which makes me dine in Lent before the hour of evening. Charlemagne

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them. Michael Chiklis

I do not see any beauty in self-restraint. Mary MacLane

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