Quotes About Self-mastery

Do you believe we are masters of ourselves, or merely dance like puppets on strings having the illusion of independence?

Competitive sports keeps alive in all of us a spirit of vitality and enterprise. It teaches the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid. To be proud and unbending in defeat, yet humble and gentle in victory. To master ourselves before we attempt to master others. To learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep, and it gives a predominance of courage over timidity.

we can't control everything around us in the world, but we can learn to control our own mind.

Though one man may conquer a thousand men a thousand times in battle, he who conquers himself is the greatest warrior.

The true purpose of alchemy is about reining in our baser instincts –' he nodded towards me '– and realizing our highest potential.

Aminte?te-?i de cuvintele lui Buddha: De?i un singur om poate învinge în b?t?lie o mie de oameni de o mie de ori, cel care se învinge pe sine este cel mai mare r?zboinic.

Remember the words of the Buddha: 'Though one man may conquer a thousand men a thousand times in battle, he who conquers himself is the greatest warrior.

Buddha: 'Though one man may conquer a thousand men a thousand times in battle, he who conquers himself is the greatest warrior.

Force can bring satisfaction, but only power brings joy. Victory over others brings us satisfaction, but victory over ourselves brings us joy.

You have control over yourself. You are the master of your destiny. You're the captain of your ship and YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...

Future strong is adventurous self-mastery. Unlocking your future by running toward the unknown, with the wondrous soul of a child and the drive of a force that will not be stopped.

Man must conquer is own mountain.

no man is free until he s a master of himself!!

The ego says, win the world to find peace. The spirit says, win yourself over to find peace.

I learned that I am what I think; I am my thoughts. I was taught to be the master of my own thoughts, because if I think I can do something, I will. And if I doubt I can do something, I won't. I learned that my thoughts are the blueprints for my future. The same is true for you!

Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to assert that he is not born a man.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is.

The key to coping with questionable emotions is knowing that we are in control of them, and not the other way around.

There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.

No woman who has not learned to master herself can be trusted to submit willingly to her husband. And that word willingly means that she does not merely resign herself to something she cannot avoid. It means that by an act of her own will she gives herself.

I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to master it.

You should never give yourself a chance to fall apart because, when you do, it becomes a tendency and it happens over and over again. You must practice staying strong, instead.

Yoga is about self-mastery and the dedicated effort to haul your attention away from your endless brooding over the past and your nonstop worrying about the future so that you can seek, instead, a place of eternal presence from which you may regard yourself and your surroundings with poise. Only