Quotes About Self-mastery

Remember, all you really get to control is yourself.

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." His eyes gleamed in the shadows from the candlelight. "That's, ah, from Nelson Mandela's favorite poem, 'Invictus.

It is your show. It is your universe. There is no one else here, just you, and nothing is being withheld from you. You are completely on your own. Everything is available for direct knowing. No one else has anything you need. No one else can lead you, pull you, push you or carry you.

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

Never let a day be your control factor

Discipline yourself. Be conscious of what you think, and what you like. What gets you mad? What gets you in your feelings? Figure that stuff out and take control of it so nobody else can control you.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self... Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.

Sharpen your sword daily , and let it serve your true master: YOU. You and the Master are one

The best revenge is to improve yourself.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

A wise man is capable of determining his weaknesses and working to address them

In school we chanted, along with our teacher, I am the Captain of my fate, I am the Master of my soul, and meanwhile, within my own body, an anarchic insurrection had been launched by one of my privates- which I was helpless to put down!

He will through life be master of himself and a happy man who from day to day can have said, "I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine."

Religion is the call to confront reality to master the self.

Saying of the Prophet Anger You ask for a piece of advice. I tell you : 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold anger.

La humildad es una maestra de sí misma. Se aprende por medio de su misma práctica.

No pienses que tu anillo mágico funcionará si tú mismo no eres Salomón".

Dicho del Profeta Lucha El guerrero santo es aquél que lucha consigo mismo.

In order to be the master of your life, you must first recognize that you are the rightful master of your brain, its owner and operator.

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

She was a little frightened in anticipation and a little frightened when the test came, but fortunately she was in control of her fear. She pushed it into a corner of her mind and barricaded it in. This left her mind perfectly clear and free to function properly. Of course, one had to keep an eye on the barricade, though Frances, smiling to herself at the absurd simile; one had to see that it was holding firm and keeping the fear-beast from bursting out and making a nuisance of itself . . .

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.