Quotes About Self-mastery

as simple as breathing but difficulty to control

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty" - Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.

Halte immer den Kopf hoch und lass die Fäuste unten. Ganz gleich, was man dir sagt, lass dich nicht in Wut bringen. Versuche zur Abwechslung einmal mit dem Kopf zu kämpfen... er ist ganz gut beieinander, auch wenn er nicht lernen will.

Nu poti trai mai bine decat prin incercarea de a deveni mai bun.

Shasana means rules someone else imposes on you. Anushasana means rules you impose on yourself.

The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot to get it. It has to be very important to you. And once you have attained it, it is your power. It can't be given away : it resides in you. It is literally the result of your discipline.

Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your goal is to becomes master of your own destiny, you have more to learn.

the hardest person you will ever have to lead is yourself.

Discipline is giving yourself a command and following it up with action

Entrenar tu propia mente y mandar sobre ella es la habilidad más importante que podrías poseer jamás, tanto en términos de felicidad como de éxito

The way to subject all things to thyself is to subject thyself to reason; thou shalt govern many if reason govern thee. Wouldst thou be a monarch of a little world, command thyself.

We must not cower in the dark because we're afraid of the spark within us. The answer is not to put out the spark, but to learn to control it.

You want to be competent? she thought. You want to learn to be in control of what goes on around you, rather than just being pushed around? Then you'll have to learn to deal with failure.

Perhaps it was time, for once, to stop letting the rain dictate his mood. He couldn't banish the seed of darkness inside him, but Stormfather, he didn't need to let it rule him either.

It was the most important art a person could learn: self-control.

But worst of all when you are the slave-driver of yourself

I made my name". What does this mean? It means you were not concerned with conquering the world as much as you were dedicated with conquering yourself

Control your thoughts to define your life.

To the degree we give power to anything outside ourselves we become powerless

The fearful seek to serve themselves by mastering the world, while the fearless seek to serve the world by mastering themselves.

Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.

Keep in mind the challenging fact that your aim is not to get ahead of others, but to surpass yourself; to begin today to be the person you want to be.