Self Mastery Quotes

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

Your worst enemy is hiding within yourself, and that enemy is your nafs or false ego.

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. So doing, we know ourselves.

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.

Unlike an external enemy, the inner enemy cannot regroup and launch a comeback once it has been destroyed from within.

Achieve self-mastery over your thoughts, and constantly direct them toward your goals and objectives. Learn to focus your attention on the goals that you want to achieve and on finding ways to achieve those goals.

The ultimate dragon is within you, it is your ego clamping you down.

Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, 'I am of no value', is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought — so what are you lacking? If you have will-power , then you can do anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.

Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.

He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.

He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and with others, in effort; their delight is self-mastery; in them asceticism becomes second nature, a necessity, as instinct.

The man who masters himself is delivered from the force that binds all creatures.

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

Education is not filling the mind with a lot of facts. Perfecting the instrument and getting complete mastery of my own mind [is the ideal of education].

Those who know others are intelligent Those who know themselves have insight. Those who master others have force Those who master themselves have strength.Those who know what is enough are wealthy. Those who persevere have direction. Those who maintain their position endure. And those who die and yet do not perish, live on.

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

The man who does not wish to belong to the mass needs only to cease taking himself easily; let him follow his conscience, which calls to him: "Be your self! All you are now doing, thinking, desiring, is not you yourself.

If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself!

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Whoever possesses the will to suffering within himself has a different attitude towards cruelty: he does not regard it as inherently harmful and bad.

The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

One must know how to conserve oneself- the best test of independence.

Being a leader is living life on your terms not getting followers

He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.

Treasures and armies do not make a king. A true king is a king within himself.

All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it.

Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself.

Instead of being lost in your thinking, when you awaken you recognize yourself as the awareness behind it. Thinking then ceases to be a self-serving autonomous activity that takes possession of you and runs your life.

You are not your emotions,you have emotions,and you can master them.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.

Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.

Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.