"This, too, is what temperance is about. When we say that self-discipline saves us, **part of what it saves us from is ourselves**. Sometimes that’s from our laziness or our weakness. Just as often, it’s from our ambitions, from our excesses, from our impulse to be too hard on others and ourselves. It makes us not just great at what we do, but best, in that fuller sense of the word." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[discipline]], [[character]], [[humility]], **Source** -- [[202409150124 - B - Discipline is Destiny]]