Quotes About Self-mastery

greatness of that with which he strove. For he who strove with the world became great by overcoming the world, and he who strove with himself became great by overcoming himself, but he who strove with God became greater than all.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.

It was when I entered the military preparatory school and put on its uniform, that a feeling of strength came to me, as if I had become master of my own destiny.

Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.

Fundamentally, what everyone needs is mental strength and confidence, to manage the mind, just as we manage the outside world.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

Something will master and something will serve. Either you run the day or the day runs you; either you run the business or the business runs you.

More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man - he - himself.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Vain indeed is all overweening pride in the conquest even of the entire universe if one has not conquered one's own passions.

If we're going to conquer our opponents, we must first conquer our own fears.

Please enter and take charge of my life," Janet responded,

if you can't think greater than how you feel, this thinking-feeling loop keeps you anchored to your past and creates a constant state of being. This is how the body becomes the mind—or in time, how your thoughts run you and your feelings own you.

would be a great comfort to her, and that was in fact exactly why she resisted. She had sensed if she gave in once, just once, the next time would be easy. They

Geez, man, don't give yourself whiplash. You are hurting, if the mention of Victorian underwear will get you worked up. I know a girl...." - From "Controlled Response

What government is the best -- That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us mastery over ourselves is destructive.