Self-control is control of one’s self. It is probably best defined as the governing of one’s desires. D. G. Kehl describes it as “the ability to avoid excesses, to stay within reasonable bounds.”[2] Bethune calls it “the healthful regulation of our desires and appetites, preventing their excess.”[3] Both of these descriptions imply what we all know to be true; we have a tendency to overindulge our various appetites and consequently need to restrain them.
