I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.
Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.
He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe.
Conquer your mind and conquer the world.
Ambition, old as mankind, the immemorial weakness of the strong.
We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day.
Self-control is only courage under another form.
I’m not looking for self-control.
The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Don’t be curious of matters that don’t concern you; never speak of them, and don’t ask about them.
Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud.
The only people who would be in government are those who care more about people than they do about power.
Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody.
An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys.
There are many whose tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
Man conquers the world by conquering himself.
When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone.