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

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…

— Stephen Covey

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…

— Tobias Wolff

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…

— Maria Montessori

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Self-mastery is the challenge of transforming yourself from own worst enemy into your greatest ally.

— Wes Fesler

There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance…

— Anonymous

“Rulers are not anointed. They are created by the void of self-mastery.”

— T.F. Hodge

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

— Leonardo da Vinci

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…

— J. G. Holland

The price that must be paid for mastery is discipline. No one achieves lasting success without it. So from the moment you awake each…

— Robin Crow

Mastery experiences are those achievements where you know that it was your hard work and effort that brought about success.

— Senora Roy

“Personal mastery begins by increasing our awareness about who we truly are, our strengths, limitations... Personal mastery can be achieved not only by being…

— Assegid Habtewold

Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we…

— Spencer W. Kimball

A pivotal spiritual attribute is that of self-mastery-th e strength to place reason over appetite. Self-mastery builds a strong conscience. And your conscience determines…

— Russell M. Nelson

Love is the ability to live your life with an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome, the ability within yourself to distinguish within…

— Gary Zukav