"As a young man, [[Dwight Eisenhower]]’s mother had quoted him a verse from the Book of Proverbs, “**He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty**,” she had told him, “and he **that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city**.” She taught him the same lesson that [[Seneca]] himself tried to instill in the rulers he advised, that “**Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power**.” "" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[patience]], [[character]], [[self-control]], [[discipline]] **Source** -- [[202409150124 - B - Discipline is Destiny]]