What is a better virtue to ask for than self-control?

Self-control, even though it is praised in the Bible as something wonderful, and even though Proverbs warns of the consequences of **not** having it (Proverbs 25:28) looks less and less like a foundation to build one's life. There are two things going against it: 1. Unlike Justice, Courage, and Wisdom, Self-Control is a contingent virtue: it is contingent on there being something bad in you that needs to be controlled in the first place. If there were nothing bad inside of you, self-control would not be a virtue at all. But that is illogical: why not ask, then, for that bad thing to be destroyed rather than for the grace to control it? 2. Self-control, when taken to its logical conclusion... doesn't get you very much. Let's suppose someone asks God for superabundant self-control and He gives it to him. What does he get? Rather, let's look at what he **doesn't** get. First of all, he doesn't get any new talents: an average person with superabundant self-control is still average. He doesn't get a better personality. And from a utilitarian perspective, he gets an improved ability to advance the welfare of others to the extent that he can force himself to work ("willpower"). Therefore, the end result of self-control is decency: the person is now decent, and that is not good enough. What is a better virtue to ask God for that will empower one's being?