What value do you place on self control?

Answer 1

Other than the value of mouth control, very little. It just does not work. The self I am trying to control would be the ego of course, & any type of battle or resistance with the ego only serves to make it stronger. My experience has been that it thrives on such battles & I have never won, so I threw my weapons down & left the arena. I found another way, because once again when I had to rely on self control I just always failed miserably.

Answer 2

Strong value. Without self control you are only an ego; with self control you are so much more. To see beyond ego means you can be objective to the reality of self.

Answer 3

I believe in being the "honey" that soothes when I have confrontation with others. If I felt that another person, just didn't get what I was saying, then it wouldn't be my problem. Everyone doesn't have to agree with me. Self control is a "mature" way in which to operate in this life. After all, other people have the right to their opinion. If you strongly differ with another person, you could write a letter to them or the company that they represent about it. This may or may not resolve your differences. Many times, for me, it has brought about "positive" results. I refuse to have such an ego that I feel, my thoughts are always right. One must be humble at times. Peace, Love and God Bless.

Answer 4

I honestly can't say that I see self control as having a "value." Just semantics, I suppose, but when it's appropriate--like not letting someone feel your pain when they're dying, because it would only hurt them--the control is simply "there." I'm on automatic. The "value" isn't in me, but what it does for the other.
I haven't any destructive emotions like anger, jealousy & so on; no excessive desires, so there's no need for self control.

Answer 5

If it's repression, none at all. I try to be open to my emotions and inner drives, knowing I can observe and process them without being their puppet. The control bit lies in choosing what I will actually do, taking them and everything else into account - and when - and how - or whether to do anything at all! It took time to learn but it's a great feeling! How others respond is their own business. We leave and learn either way. More pain is caused by concealment and "good manners" than by being honest. And of course there are always those occasions when emotion should rule, quite appropriately - and who would wish to control that, in pain or pleasure?

Answer 6

Proper self-control is an immensely important part of behavior in civil society. From proper self-control stems moral behaviors that civil society esteems highly. Those who act with this type of self-control are referred to as behaving honorably or with dignity. Of course as with so much of life, a balance must be struck. Self-control is not the ends but a means to a higher quality of existence. Self-control should be tempered with a good sense of ones own fallibility and a good dose of spontaneity as to allow your persona to still be an enjoyable presence to those around you.

Answer 7

If you mean "self-perception" as you worth. I place more and more unquestioning value upon it. Because, this is the very core of you. It is a Vertical issue. No human can touch what God has said is good. If your perception is "I am stupid, failure, etc, then it's a red flag, to take some good time to first re-establish truth, it never changes, then know if the message is generalized and accusatory, it isn't God, He establishes your worth.

Answer 8

Self-control is something I value highly in all aspects of life. Without it, you not only hurt others and destroy your relationships with them, you eventually end in ruin. You become a victim of your own inability to know yourself as a person and understand how to control that person in a way that makes you happy and those around you happy as well.

Answer 9

Self control is as valuable as life itself.

Self control is the key to a healthy body, a balanced mind and an emancipated spirit.

All the progress and collective power and freedom that we have earned is due to our ability to control ourselves as necessary.

It is self control that turns our intelligence into an invaluable asset rather than a phenomenal risk.... but for self control, our hyper intelligence would have led us into disastrous self-annihilation long, long ago!

It is self control that enables us to survive as well as develop and progress!!

Answer 10

Self control is what keeps your life in balance. Imagine having money with no self control, eating with no self control, anger with no self control, tv with no self control, yes, even computers with no self control. Your whole life in every single area needs self control. We call children without it immature, which is the nature of children, but what do we call grownups without it???? Slaves to their own nature, with their lives being dictated to them by whatever they have no self control over.