Sentence examples for command of himself from inspiring English sources

But he's always in command of himself.

"Sinatra had this command of himself, and whatever room he was in.

Mr. Lee, plainly in command of himself, his orchestra and of the scores before him, takes a supercharged approach to his work.

"And the other thing was how in command of himself he was, not walking into N.F.L. camp big-eyed and in awe of everything".

"Whatever emotions or passions he had in him, he had put them under a strict discipline," so that "he was very quiet and seemingly very much in command of himself".

Impromptu newspaper interviews, private diaries and letters, and minutes of directors' meetings of his railroads all show him to have been in command of himself and his empire up until his death.

His self-obsession led him to defy the direct command of God Himself, to bow to Adam, the new creation.

As a naval officer, Larry tried to put the interests of the men and women in his command ahead of himself and his needs.

Torre then said that Keisler "had no control of himself" in his last start and needed better command of his pitches "and of himself".

On 4 February 1938 Hitler abolished the Ministry of War, assumed direct command of the Armed Forces himself, and created the OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht).

He's got big-league stuff, he just needs to have a little better command of it, and of himself.