Read Proverbs 16:32  Soldiers go through a lot in their training.  When a young man goes into the army he first goes through Basic Training.  He is put through weeks and weeks of difficult exercises and drills that are designed to mold him into a skillful soldier.  His drill sergeant yells at him and the recruit has to take it.  His drill sergeant isn’t yelling at him just to be mean.  He is yelling at his recruit to teach him to be tough.  When you see a soldier, you see a powerful, skillful, killing machine.  But our verse says that a man who can control his temper is even more powerful than that skillful soldier.  It goes on to say that a man who can rule his spirit well is better than a mighty general who captures a city in a battle.  Solomon says that self control is better than military might.