Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable".
Paul says that a leader must be "temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money".
I'd say that in healthy societies government wants to subtly tip the scale to favor temperate, prudent, self-governing citizenship.
With his understated charisma, he is a more temperate and less self-serious variation on Al Pacino.
He's always been disciplined, empathetic, temperate, intellectual, inquisitive, compassionate, self-critical, and an excellent listener".
Red orach This leafy green will self-sow in temperate Los Angeles.
Other full grass species genome sequencing project either completed or underway include those for sorghum (Paterson et al. 2009; Sasaki and Antonio 2009) and Brachypodium distachyon, a small genome, short growth cycle, self-fertile, model temperate grass Ozdemir et al. 2008).
Being temperate requires you to practice self-control and moderation to avoid indulging in excess that can cause harm to others and to yourself.
This is a long list for sure: To be temperate means that the leader must have very good self-restraint and self-discipline.
Flax is a predominantly self-polinating annual crop grown in temperate regions [ 39].
Our results for four different species suggest that intraspecific variation in mating system may be common, at least among temperate calcicole ferns, and that genotypes with high selfing capacity may be present among polyploid as well as diploid ferns.
