Self Mastery Quotes - Page 3

• We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.

  George A. Sheehan

  Motivational, Recovery, Thinking

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• A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Motivational, Uplifting, Determination

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

  Robert Greene

  Lying, Presence Of Mind, Self

  Source: powerseductionandwar.com

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• 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.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Happiness, Intelligent, Men

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). “The Antichrist”, p.92, Friederich Nietzsche

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• It may be that the human race is not ready for freedom. The air of liberty may be too rarefied for us to breathe... The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

  Steven Pressfield

  Race, Air, Self

  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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• Self-mastery calls for thorough familiarity with one's mental and emotional strengths. And it calls for sustaining a commitment to personal growth - the understanding of what makes you tick as an individual - as well as personal development.

  Charles Garfield

  Commitment, Emotional, Self

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• The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.

  Stephen Covey

  Impulse Control, Essence, Self Control

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.83, Mango Media Inc.

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• The most fully actualized people that I studied over ten years consistently pushed the envelope. These people consistently demanded far more of themselves every day than anyone else ever expected from them. These people raised their standards and committed themselves from their hearts to be the best they could be and to live a life of uncommon wonder. This is what self-mastery is all about.

  Robin Sharma

  Heart, Self, Years

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• Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were to close the doors upon sorrow and distress, we might be excluding our greatest friends and benefactors. Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering, and self-mastery.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Pain, Adversity, Doors

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• A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

  James Allen

  Inspirational, Men, People

  James Allen (2007). “The Life Triumphant: Mastering the Heart and Mind”, p.52, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivational, Letting Go, Crazy

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• If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If I accept the fact that my relationships are here to make me conscious, instead of happy, then my relationships become a wonderful self mastery tool that keeps realigning me with my higher purpose for living.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Self, Mastery, Tools

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• I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.

  Robin Sharma

  Teacher, Pain, Powerful

  Robin Sharma (2003). “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny”, p.42, Jaico Publishing House

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• Every experience is a positive experience if I view it as an opportunity for growth and self-mastery.

  Brian Tracy

  Gratitude, Opportunity, Self

  Brian Tracy (2011). “Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills that Will Unlock Your Hidden”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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• Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering and self-mastery.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Adversity, Self, Long

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• Self knowledge is the stepping stop to self mastery.

  Robin Sharma

  Motivational, Self, Mastery

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• When we give up our goals and concentrate diligently on the practices of our lives, we increase self-mastery and move toward the invisible universe, toward Spirit, to receive the wonders and miracles the universe has to offer us.

  Gerald Epstein

  Life, Giving Up, Moving

  Gerald Epstein (2008). “Kabbalah for Inner Peace: Imagery and Insights to Guide You Through Your Day”, p.45, Gerald Epstein

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• Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Confidence

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• Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery

  Gretchen Rubin

  Keys, Self, Mastery

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• 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.

  Napoleon Hill

  Self, Goal, Focus

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• An interesting piece of work, freely chosen, which has the virtue of inducing concentration rather than fatigue, adds to the child's energies and mental capacities, and leads him to self-mastery.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Self, Interesting

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• The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and also a deeper awareness of how really dependent we are.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Mean, Self

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.333, Simon and Schuster

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• Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else.

  Brian Tracy

  Self, Discipline, Mastery

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