self-discipline
Example Sentences
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He wants the nation to reflect on the things that he’s asked his own son to understand: “self-restraint and self-discipline and self-control.”
Jackson traveled the country preaching self-esteem and self-discipline.
From Los Angeles Times
“Queen Elizabeth II had not been born to succeed,” Mr. Cannadine writes, “but by her example, her self-discipline, her public-spiritedness, and her longevity, she did so in more ways than one.”
He says it requires routine and self-discipline and leaves him ready to "face the day and to face life".
From BBC
Mr. Mamdani would present an enticing target to a political opponent of laconic self-discipline and charitable forbearance.
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