Quotes About Self-mastery

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.

Only the person who risks is truly free. A man's conquest of himself dwarfs the conquest of Mt. Everest.

No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?

Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor.

Any man who can't control his thoughts can't control his actions, and any man who can't control his actions isn't safe in society.

We shall never be content until each man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself.

It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

All successes begin with Self-Discipline. It starts with you.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts.

If you're always in a hurry, always trying to get ahead of the other guy, or someone else's performance is what motivates you, then that person is in control of you.

The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Happiness and health must be earned by absolute control of the emotional nature.

Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self-mastery.

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering and self-mastery.

When you feel a weak moment coming on, the key is self-control.

What we need is peace of mind. We can gain that only through the control of our mind.