Self Mastery Quotes - Page 4

• "Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly success-and it has long been ignored. [. . .] As experts, authors and gurus often note, the game of business is to influence the external world. But here's the point: How can you control your environment if you can't even manage your own thoughts and emotions? In other words, how do you rule the world without first mastering yourself? The cornerstone of effective leadership is self-mastery.

  Patricia Aburdene

  Leadership, Self, Games

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• Brilliant, inspiring . . . if you are on a pursuit of self-mastery, make time to read this!

  Jennifer Lacy

  Writing, Self, Mastery

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• The idea of duty, that recognition of something to be lived for beyond the mere satisfaction of self, is to the moral life what the addition of a great central ganglion is to animal life. No man can begin to mould himself on a faith or an idea without rising to a higher order of experience: a principle of subordination, of self-mastery, has been introduced into his nature; he is no longer a mere bundle of impressions, desires, and impulses.

  George Eliot

  Men, Animal, Self

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.6068, Delphi Classics

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• You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Discipline, Over You, Self Control

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• He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

  Laozi

  Positive, Encouragement, Powerful

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.36, Jain Publishing Company

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• Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

  Bruce Lee

  Life, Motivational, Memories

  "Fictional character: Bruce Lee". "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story", www.imdb.com. 1993.

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• 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

  Strength, Emotional, Use

  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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• Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

  Dan Millman

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

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• The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Nature, Self, Environmental

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• Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

  Stephen Covey

  Self, Discipline, Good Relationship

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.228, Mango Media Inc.

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• In writing you work toward a result you won't see for years, and can't be sure you'll ever see. It takes stamina and self-mastery and faith. It demands those things of you, then gives them back with a little extra, a surprise to keep you coming. It toughens you and clears your head. I could feel it happening. I was saving my life with every word I wrote, and I knew it.

  Tobias Wolff

  Writing, Self, Years

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• All who become men of power reach their estate by the same self-mastery, the same self-adjustment to circumstances, the same voluntary exercise and discipline of their faculties, and the same working of their life up to and into their high ideals of life.

  J. G. Holland

  Exercise, Power, Men

  J. G. HOLLAND (1866). “PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS”, p.15

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• The cornerstone of effective leadership is self-mastery.

  Patricia Aburdene

  Business, Self, Mastery

  Patricia Aburdene (2005). “Megatrends Two Thousand and Ten”, Hampton Roads Publishing Company Incorporated

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• The integration of the Negro into American society is one of the most exciting challenges to self-development and self-mastery that any nation of people ever faced.

  Margaret Halsey

  Self, People, Challenges

  Margaret Halsey (1946). “Color blind: a white woman looks at the Negro”

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• Anyone who claims to be intrigued by the "intellectual challenge of the markets" is not a trader. The markets are as intellectually challenging as a fistfight. Ultimately, trading is an exercise in self-mastery and endurance.

  Ralph Vince

  Exercise, Self, Psychology

  Ralph Vince (1992). “The Mathematics of Money Management: Risk Analysis Techniques for Traders”, p.15, John Wiley & Sons

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• The aim of education is to develop resources in the child that will contribute to his well-being as long as life endures; to develop power of self-mastery that he may never be a slave to indulgence or other weaknesses, to develop [strong] manhood, beautiful womanhood that in every child and every youth may be found at least the promise of a friend, a companion, one who later may be fit for husband or wife, an exemplary father or a loving intelligent mother, one who can face life with courage, meet disaster with fortitude, and face death without fear.

  David O. McKay

  Beautiful, Mother, Strong

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• Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted

  Tariq Ramadan

  Self, Crucible, Mastery

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• Lucid dreaming has considerable potential for promoting personal growth and self-development, enhancing self-confidence, improving mental and physical health, facilitating creative problem solving and helping you to progress on the path to self-mastery.

  Stephen LaBerge

  Dream, Self Confidence, Creative

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• The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends... then self mastery can be sought.

  Laozi

  Self, Mind, Energy

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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• Misfortune occurs or can occur to anyone, of any sort of character. The eudaimonic has more resources to avoid it (being in autonomous control of his appetites and assumptions) and more resources to deal with it if it occurs (being better able to put it in perspective and maintain his own evenness of self-mastery). Tragedy as a dramatic form is meant to foster the ethos of sophrosyne or moderation, "nothing to excess"; it nurtures a sense of distance from the dominant illusions and delusions that may infect even aristoi.

  Kenny Smith

  Distance, Philosophy, Character

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• The best martial artist doesn't win fights, but avoids fights. Martial arts is a way of gaining basic self-mastery of your mind, body and emotions. It can also be very useful in combat situations.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Health, Fighting

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• You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

  Stephen Covey

  Self, Roots, Discipline

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• A strong life force can be seen in physical vitality, courage, competent judgment, self-mastery, sexual vigor, and the realization of each person's unique talents and purpose in life. To maintain a powerful life force, forget yourself, forget about living and dying, and bring your full attention into this moment.

  H. E Davey

  Strong, Powerful, Yoga

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• Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat.

  Plotinus

  Perseverance, Self, Shining

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