Self Mastery Quotes

• One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• No man is free who is not master of himself.

  Epictetus

  Motivational, Self Esteem, Philosophical

  Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.125, Lulu.com

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• Self-mastery is the challenge of transforming yourself from own worst enemy into your greatest ally.

  Wes Fesler

  Worst Enemy, Self, Discipline

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

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

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• Self-mastery is a challenge for every individual. Only we can control our appetites and passions. Self-mastery cannot be bought by money or fame. It is the ultimate test of our character. It requires climbing out of the deep valleys of our lives and scaling our own Mount Everests.

  James E. Faust

  Passion, Character, Climbing

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• Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Men, Self, Expression

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• Discipline comes through self control. This means that you must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

  Napoleon Hill

  Jobs, Mean, Hardest Job

  Napoleon Hill (2012). “Napoleon Hill Collection”, p.92, Penguin

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• Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.78, Princeton University Press

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• Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

  Steven Pressfield

  Masters

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.37, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Life, Work, Successful

  Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “America and the World War”, p.260, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

  James Allen

  Self, Mastery, A Man Thinketh

  James Allen (2014). “As You Think - A New Thought Classic for Today's Woman”, p.24, Lulu Press, Inc

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• All know the way, but few actually walk it.

  Bodhidharma

  Buddhism, Inspire, Way

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• The greatest achievement is selflessness.
  The greatest worth is self-mastery.
  The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
  The greatest precept is continual awareness.
  The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
  The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
  The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
  The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
  The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
  The greatest patience is humility.
  The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
  The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
  The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

  Atisa

  Letting Go, Humility, Passion

  "Perspectives on Mankind's Search for Meaning". Book by Walter Taminang, p. 63, 2008.

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• I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

  Pietro Aretino

  Motivational, Kings, Responsibility

  Pietro Aretino (1926). “The Works of Aretino: Biography: de Sanctis. The letters. The sonnets. Appendix”

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• There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

  Bruce Lee

  Life, Motivational, Strength

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

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Feeling Sad, Sorrow

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.119, Diversion Books

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• Freedom is born of self-discipline. No individual, no nation, can achieve or maintain liberty without self-control. The undisciplined man (or woman) is a slave to his own weaknesses.

  Alan Valentine

  Men, Self, Discipline

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• Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

  Bruce Lee

  Encouragement, Moving, Goal

  Bruce Lee, John Little (1997). “Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee's commentaries on the martial way”, Tuttle Publishing

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• It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Years, People

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.85, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivation, Don't Give Up, Positivity

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• Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with your purpose. Do not seek external approval. Do not worry about anything outside of your control. The only things you command are your thoughts and actions. We choose our response. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.

  Epictetus

  Fall, Self, Worry

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• The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Happiness, Passion, Men

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• Rule your mind or it will rule you.

  Horace

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Love is the ability to live your life with an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome, the ability within yourself to distinguish within yourself between love and fear and choose love regardless of what is going on inside yourself or outside. This is self-mastery or authentic power...that means you become clear, forgiving, humble and loving... you are grounded in harmony, cooperating, sharing and reverence for life.

  Gary Zukav

  Love, Mean, Heart

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