self-discipline

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Recent Examples of self-discipline The couple believed that meeting the challenges of flight training — in addition to learning to fly a plane — teaches self-discipline, builds character and develops self-confidence. Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025 Molineaux’s passion for self-discipline and mental resilience is central to his philosophy. Reem Amro, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025 In Aries, a Fire sign that thrives on taking the lead, we’re called to channel our energy into personal goals and self-discipline. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 June 2025 When food became more accessible, especially in Western cultures, thinness replaced fullness as a marker of status and self-discipline. Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-discipline
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Noun
  • Americans for Prosperity ― Ogles' former employer and that of many of his congressional staff ― is a political special interest group that advocates for limited government, free markets and fiscal restraint.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pro athletes and people with incredible levels of health and fitness aren’t relying on willpower to get them out of bed and into the gym.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • And my willpower was often low this year.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025

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