Quotes About Self-mastery

recevoir le pouvoir de dominer autrui est chose difficile ; s'emparer de force de ce pouvoir est chose erronée ; donner ce pouvoir sur soi-même à autrui est chose mauvaise.

Instead of letting the experience define him, he took control of it.

You must admit you have self-control before you can use it.

I myself am my only obstacle to perfection," wrote Kierkegaard.

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, "I have lived." Tomorrow the heavenly Father may either involve the world in dark clouds, or cheer it with clear sunshine; he will not, however, render ineffectual the things which have already taken place.

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.

Give me that man That is not passion's slave.

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was possible for me to execute myself.

Many people have the ambition to succeed; they may even have a special aptitude for their job. And yet they do not move ahead. Why? Perhaps they think that since they can master the job, there is no need to master themselves.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

Today I am devoted to addressing all the little things about me and in my life that I have not mastered!

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.'   Emotions

about emotions. You weren't responsible for them and you couldn't control them, but you were in charge of your response to them.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

A person of knowledge and power never goes out looking for battles. All their battles are within.

Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint.