Quotes About Self-mastery

You have two choices, to control your mind or to let your mind control you.

If you conquer yourself, then you conquer the world

Emotions were like wild horses and it required wisdom to be able to control them

The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them.

The great wisdom of life is to realize that we can be the master of the things that try to enslave us.

But the great wisdom of life is to realize that we can be the masters of the things that try to enslave us

A warrior of the Light is never in a hurry. Time works in his favor; he learns to master his impatience and avoids acting without thinking.

You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you. You're already familiar with the latter experience, allowing yourself to be swept along by fears, neuroses, insecurity, for all we have self-destructive tendencies.

think of a time when you were angry, when someone said or did something that you didn't like, a time when you wanted to get even or you wanted to vent. Now, what if you had been able to stop, breathe deeply, and slow the process down? Right on the spot you could connect with natural openness. You could stop, give space, and empower the wolf of patience and courage instead of the wolf of aggression and violence.

I have won every argument I ever had with myself.

True victory is victory over oneself.

It's easy to listen to what you are taught. But it's difficult to find what you have within yourself and master it as yor own.

As long as i live i will have control over my being

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.

Before comparing yourself with others, win the battle with yourself. Strive to be better today than yesterday, and better tomorrow than today.

Conquering the world was a simple thing; commanding one's spirit was the real challenge.

I made sure I let go of my past, accepting the fact that that part of my life was only a small fraction of my life. I knew the black hole was out there, waiting to suck me in and forever control my destiny—but only if I let it. I took positive control over my life.

Rule your mind or it will rule you. —Horace

The superior man is not seeking for fulfillment through work and woman, because he is already full. For him

En todas estas habilidades primero tenemos que aprender a «domar» nuestra mente y nuestras emociones. No podremos escuchar si nuestra mente divaga y nos impide concentrarnos. No podremos

Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

The question is not whether you're frightened or not, but whether you or the fear is in control. If you say, 'I won't be frightened,' and then you experience fear, most likely you'll succumb to it, because you're paying attention to it. The correct thing to tell yourself is, 'If I do get frightened, I will stay in command.'