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自我控制
Self-Control
A man's job is not to be in complete control of all situations, but to be in complete control of himself in all situations.
一个人的工作不是完全控制所有的情况，而是在所有的情况下完全控制自己。
I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
我没有指导我的生活。不是我设计的。我从不做决定。事情总是为我而生。这就是生活。
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
记住，不仅要在正确的地方说正确的话，而且更困难的是，在诱人的时刻不说错误的话。
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
你不能控制发生在你身上的事情，但是你可以控制你对发生在你身上的事情的态度，在这一点上，你将掌握改变而不是让它控制你。
As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.
作为一名网球运动员，你可以赢也可以输，你必须为这两者做好准备。我小时候练习过自控。但随着年龄的增长，赢和输都变得更容易。
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
相反，告诉他，为了他自己的幸福，他需要走谦逊和自我控制的道路，那么他就会变得冷漠，甚至积极地怨恨。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.
一个能征服自己的人是没有什么能抵挡得住的。
Don't give advice unless you're asked.
除非被要求，否则不要给出建议。
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
一个人不应该发脾气，除非他最后肯定会越来越生气。
To be G-d's servant, one must be his own master.
要做权贵的仆人，就必须做自己的主人。
My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
我的错，我的失败，不在于我的激情，而在于我无法控制它们。
I hate exercising self-control.
我讨厌自我控制。