Self Mastery Quotes

“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“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

“She remembered who she was
and the game changed.”
― Lalah Delia

“We should every night call ourselves to an account;
What infirmity have I mastered today?
What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“You are your master. Only you have the master keys to open the inner locks.”
― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations

“The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“It is not possible to control the outside of yourself until you have mastered your breathing space. It is not possible to change anything until you understand the substance you wish to change.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

“Life has a tendency to provide a person with what they need in order to grow. Our beliefs, what we value in life, provide the roadmap for the type of life that we experience. A period of personal unhappiness reveals that our values are misplaced and we are on the wrong path. Unless a person changes their values and ideas, they will continue to experience discontentment.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Life is a useless passion, an exciting journey of a mammal in survival mode. Each day is a miracle, a blessing unexplored and the more you immerse yourself in light, the less you will feel the darkness. There is more to life than nothingness. And cynicism. And nihilism. And selfishness. And glorious isolation. Be selfish with yourself, but live your life through your immortal acts, acts that engrain your legacy onto humanity. Transcend your fears and follow yourself into the void instead of letting yourself get eaten up by entropy and decay. Freedom is being yourself without permission. Be soft and leave a lasting impression on everybody you meet”
― Mohadesa Najumi

“When we calculate risks and incentives and align our desires with reality to achieve inner peace, we may reach self-mastery. Precision offers clarity and reduces insecurity. But we must not ignore the emotional bonds with the lived experience of love and joy. They often transcend metrics, preferring a balance between a rational approach and the priorities of our intuition. (“ Measuring space »)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“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, Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation

“Vulnerability is the least celebrated emotion in our society”
― Mohadesa Najumi

“It's called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSIT. Don't wait. Just ship.”
― Richie Norton

“If you want an incredibly passionate, happy, ALIVE business…don’t overcomplicate things. Once all is said and done, the foundational elements of a successful business are very simple: respect, service, value and sales. Comparatively, everything else is froth.”
― Richie Norton

“People LOVE change (when it's about changing others). People HATE change (when it's about changing themselves).”
― Richie Norton

“it is not what happens to you, it is what happens in you.”
― Sesan Kareem

“Most people are interested in success, but are too busy and distracted by their habituated day to day activities, to be COMMITTED to creating real success in every area of their lives.”
― Tony Dovale

“…I eat and train like a warrior, I run my businesses and creations like a king, I’m speaking about my own programming.
Work to acquire the consciousness of a god,
looking inwardly
I self impose any discipline necessary so that your physical, mental and spiritual state are aligned there is no mastery other than the mastery of self that’s what literally alchemy and affordable shotguns is really about, self mastery…my evolution into total self 360”
― TIM STORRS

“You need to be bigger than your feelings. When life is hard or people make strange choices, your feelings tend to rule your mind. Don’t allow that to happen. Lift your sights above the cloud of feelings.”
― Richie Norton

“Don’t let stuff ruin your day. Every day. Tell yourself before you do anything. You won’t let people or stuff ruin your day. Idiots everywhere. They won’t ruin your day. Pre-Choose. You only have so many days.”
― Richie Norton

“Happiness is what happens to us.
Joy is what happens within us.”
― Richie Norton

“The weak call their chains virtue and their hesitation wisdom. But I tell you: to live is to will, and to will is to conquer oneself first.”
― David Maze, If Nietzsche Wrote Meditations: Think Fight Club Vibes for The Self-Improvement Fanatic.

“Love is not the denial of power, but its highest expression. The strong love differently than the weak.”
― David Maze, If Nietzsche Wrote Meditations: Think Fight Club Vibes for The Self-Improvement Fanatic.

“If it’s not forged in your fire, it doesn’t deserve your name”
― Rafael J. Davila

“The ultimate hope is that with enough time and the right actions, we could bend reality itself to our will”
― Jeff Ocaya

“Your habits today are writing the story you’ll tell tomorrow.”
― Joseph C. Kunz Jr., Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank

“Understanding this inner council is the first step to self‑mastery.”
― Kevin L. Michel, The Council of Gods

“Imagine this scene as the council of gods inside you. When you face a tough decision or a strong temptation, it is as if these inner gods gather in debate or even combat. In the reverberations of their shouts and whispers, we recognize our own internal struggle.”
― Kevin L. Michel, The Council of Gods

“Master the art of self-mastery. It is a significant step toward victory.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, A Manual for Victory

“You need a mindset geared towards victory to attain victory. Embrace the vicissitudes of life with a sense of self-mastery.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, A Manual for Victory