28 Metaphors for controls

It will be noticed that control of ocean communications is the needful preliminary to these.

Self-reliance, self-control and self-respect are the three things that make a man a man.

Before men knew anger as something separable from the self that knew it, and before they had made that knowledge current by the invention of a name, the control of anger was not a question of conduct.

"Why doesn't Peabody go to Philadelphia?" "Langdon," said Peabody, "you know my control of the Senate is no piece of fiction.

Their control should be uniform and consistent, not an alternation of rigor and laxity.

His self-control was greatnay, it formed a prominent peculiarity in his character.

England, doubtless, would not shrink from a war to the knife, just as she fought for the ownership of the South African goldfields and diamond-mines, if any attack threatened her Indian market, the control of which is the foundation of her world sovereignty.

Self-control is the goal of discipline, but independent thinking, enthusiasm and initiative are all included in the term.

He was skilled in horsemanship, and his control over the fiery Bucephalus, untamable by others, has become a household tale in all lands.

Her control, however, was the control of a wise and affectionate companion, never that of the authoritative parent.

When it was framed, it was the accepted principle of all other nations that the control of the foreign relations of the Government was the exclusive prerogative of the Executive.

The control of ocean communications, or the command of the sea, being the end of naval warfare, and its acquisition being practicable only by the assumption of a vigorous offensive, it follows as a matter of course that we must have a strong and in all respects efficient mobile navy.

And besides, continued he, "the arbitrary control of a master can never be a preparation for freedom;sound and wholesome legal restraints are the only preparative.

Self-control is a habit gained through habits; a child must acquire the habit of arresting desire, of holding the physical side in check, the habit of reflection, of choice, and most of all the habit of either acting or holding back, as a result of all this.

The control of these waters was the object of prolonged and memorable struggles, for on itas the result showeddepended the empire of the world.

Self control is theirs, and an infinite patience, and a dogged determination that refuses to admit that there are any things that a man cannot do if he only makes up his mind that he must and will do them.

Adversity had made Ellen as she was, and self-control had become her second nature, long before she knew the meaning of the word.

If publicity and material control are the motives for teaching, then public lectures can take the place of private lessons; but the former can never give a thorough knowledge of Christian Science, and a Christian Scientist will never undertake to fit students for practice by such means.

The control of Ray Brent had been an increasingly difficult problem.

His temper was proverbially sweet, and his self-control was a marvel.

D.O.] [Footnote 28: Their control over the auspices was a favourite weapon of the patricians, and one which could naturally be better used at a distance from Rome.

But the complete control of such motives will be the millennium.

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Self-control was the only basis of character, and limitation lay at the foundation of all art.

Control of public opinion has been the first action of the rulers of the Dual Monarchy.

28 Metaphors for  controls