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There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, self-control, nothing, man

The supreme excellence is not in being better than others, but in being better than your former self.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, self-control

Fate and self-help share equally in shaping our destiny.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about destiny, self-control, help

Self exaltation is the fool's paradise.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about paradise, self-control

A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about anger, man

Conqueror the self and you will conquer the opponent.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about self-control, contentment

First for self, then for the stranger.

Proverbs and old sayings about self-control

Obeisance to the self that is a reflection of eternal reality.

Proverbs and old sayings about reality, self-control

Where there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self-important.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about self-control

Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about self-control

Self praise is odious.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about self-control, praise

Self-praise is no recommendation.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about self-control, praise

Self-love is a mote in every man's eye.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about self-control, love, man

Alas! I suffer from self-inflicted wounds!

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about self-control, suffering

Self-praise amounts to self-condemnation.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about condemnation, self-control, praise

All tests are self-adminstered.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about tests, self-control

Self do, self have.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about self-control

Help thy self, and God will help thee.

Proverbs and old sayings about help, self-control, god

It is eith till, that the awn self will.

Proverbs and old sayings about self-control

She that takes gifts her self, she sels; and she that gives, does nought else.

Proverbs and old sayings about self-control, gifts