"One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city."

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The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that "if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead.

— Jack Weatherford