Quotes About Self-mastery

The greatest possession is Self-possession.

If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside, that's how your temper will cool down.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

It takes courage to realize that you are greater than your moods, greater than your thoughts, and that you can control your moods and thoughts.

The first and best victory is to conquer self

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.

First and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered By self is, of all things. the most shameful and objectionable.

Menaklukan diri sendiri adalah kemenangan yang paling akbar.

Temperance, I replied, is the ordering or controlling of certain pleasures and desires; this is curiously enough implied in the saying of 'a man being his own master;' and other traces of the same notion may be found in language. No

The meaning is, I believe, that in the human soul there is a better and also a worse principle; and when the better has the worse under control, then a man is said to be master of himself; and this is a term of praise: but when, owing to evil education or association, the better principle, which is also the smaller, is overwhelmed by the greater mass of the worse—in this case he is blamed and is called the slave of self and unprincipled. Yes

The son of Ariston (the best) is of opinion that the best and justest of men is also the happiest, and that this is he who is the most royal master of himself; and that the unjust man is he who is the greatest tyrant of himself and of his State. And I add further—'seen or unseen by gods or men.' This

It is true, Monsieur, Raoule went on, shrugging her shoulders, that I have had lovers in my life as I have books in my library, to know, to study. But I have had no passion, I have not written my own book yet! I always found myself alone when we were two. One is not weak when one remains master of one's self in the midst of the most stupefying pleasures.

When you don't own an aspect of yourself it runs your life.

When I am conscious that I am the master of my brain, I can actively process emotion and information. I develop the insight to see my situation clearly, like when a light bulb is turned on in a dark room.

The important thing is to be honest with yourself. And to have the will and determination. My emotions are not me, but mine. My memories are not me, they're mine. I am the master of my emotions and my memories. So now, all you have to do is make up your mind firmly to leave those things behind without attachment or regret, and go through with it.

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." - Ilchi Lee

The important thing is to be honest with yourself and to have the will and the determination.I am the master of my emotions and my memories. All you have to do is to make up your mind firmly to leave those things behind.

Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.

Discipline is the art of making the right decision, even when it's the hard one.

People with well-developed emotional skills are also more likely to be content and effective in their lives, mastering the habits of mind that foster their own productivity; people who cannot marshal some control over their emotional life fight inner battles that sabotage their ability for focused work and clear thought.

No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.

You are in control of your mind.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.