Self-Control(论自制)英语作文
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Self-control is essential to happiness and usefulness. It is the master of all the virtues, and has its root in self-respect. Let a man yield to his impulses and passions, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
It is the self-discipline of a man that enables him to pursue success with superior diligence and sobriety. Many of the great characters in history illustrate this trait. In ordinary life the application is the same. He who would lead must first command himself. The time of test is when everybody is excited or angry, then the well-balance mind comes to the front. fROM hxw.red.
There is a very special demand for the cultivation of this trait at present. The young men who rush into business with no good education or drill will do poor and feverish work. Endurance is a much better test of character than act of heroism.
A fair amount of self-examination is good. Self-knowledge is a preface to self-control. Too much self-inspection leads to morbidness; too little conducts to careless and hasty action. There are two things which will surely strengthen our self-control. One is attention to conscience; the other is a spirit of good will. The man who would succeed in any great undertaking must hold all his faculties under perfect control; they must be disciplined and drilled until they quickly and cheerfully obey the will.
----Joozone Anonymous
论自制
自制对于幸福和实用是必不可少的。自制是一切美德的主人,自制扎根于自重。一个人一旦屈服于冲动和激情,他马上就冲开了道德自由的闸门。
一个人能以非凡的勤奋和节制来追求成功,这就是人的自律。历史上许多伟人都阐释了这个特点,在普通生活中实际的情况也是如此。要做领导者首先必须能控制自己。真正的考验是当每个人都激动和愤怒时,那个头脑清醒的人走出来
,站到前头。
现在更是要求培养这个特点。青年人没有受过良好教育和训练,做事冒冒失失,在工作中就会表现得萎靡不振、冲动狂热。和其他任何英雄主义行为相比,忍耐是一项更好的性格检验手段。
进行适当的自我反省是有益的。自觉是自制的开端。太多的自我检查会导致病态;过少的自我检查又会导致行为的粗心大意及轻率盲动。有两件事肯定能加强我们的自制。一件是注意良心,另一件是与人为善的精神。想要在任何伟大事
业中获得成功,必须完美地控制自己全部的官能。这些人必须接受约束和训练,直到他们迅速愉快地服从意志为止。