Self Mastery Quotes

"Your mind must be stronger than your feelings" "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul" "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." "Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves." "Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened." "The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men." "He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still." "Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions." "He who cannot obey himself will be commanded" "There are these four walls, and you can either master them or allow them to master you." "Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power." "A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them." "Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life" "Fearlessness is not the absence of fear It's the mastery of fear" "Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself."