Self-Mastery

By: admin | Date: July 23, 2017 | Categories: quotes

Somebody once said, “The hardest person to manage is myself.”

“The first and best victory is to conquer self.”

— Plato
Greek Philosopher

“Sure I am a religious man who is also passionate about conserving the environment. But I am also a CEO, with all the bad habits and attitudes that are natural to the species. . . . I am still naturally self-interested, overconfident, full of pride, and eager to control a meeting as any CEO in America. Every day, I struggle with my ego.”

— Tom Chappell
Managing Upside Down

“We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit.”

— Aristotle

“You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.”

— Jim Whittaker

“Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.”

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Author

“It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.”

— La Rochefoucauld

“A man without decision of character can never be said to belong to himself . . . . He belongs to whatever can make captive of him.”

— John Foster
Author

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