英语经典美文诵读100篇：073.self-control
[00:11.45]Self-control is essential to happiness and usefulness. It is the master of all the virtues,
[00:18.06]and has its root in self-respect. Let a man yield to his impulses and passions, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
[00:28.91]It is the self-discipline of a man that enables him to pursue success with superior diligence and sobriety.
[00:36.18]Many of the great characters in history illustrate this trait. In ordinary life the application is the same.
[00:44.05]He who would lead must first command himself. The time of test is when everybody is excited or angry,
[00:52.32]then the well-balanced mind comes to the front.
[00:56.14]There is a very special demand for the cultivation of his trait at present.
[01:02.56]The young men who rush into business with no good education or drill will do poor and feverish work.
[01:10.25]Endurance is a much better test of character than act of heroism.
[01:16.24]A fair amount of self-examination is good. Self-knowledge is a preface to self-control.
[01:23.31]Too much self-inspection leads to morbidness; too little conducts to careless and hasty action.
[01:30.88]There are two things which will surely strengthen our self-control. One is attention to conscience;
[01:37.75]the other is a spirit of good will.
[01:40.85]The man who would succeed in any great undertaking must hold all his faculties under perfect control;
[01:48.35]they must be disciplined and drilled until they quickly and cheerfully obey the will.
