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A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
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Louisa May Alcott
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Govern thyself then you will be able to govern the world.
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Anonymous
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He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
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Philip Massinger
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He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
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Confucius
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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Lao-Tzu
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He who reins within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king
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John Milton
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I am always with myself and it is I who am my tormentor.
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Count Leo Tolstoy
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
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Aristotle
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Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.
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Mahatma Gandhi
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O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
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William Shakespeare
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Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.
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Robert Burns
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Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words
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Eileen Caddy
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Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.
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Napoleon Hill
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Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.
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James Russell Lowell
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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
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Josh Billings
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The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
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Charles Darwin
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To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
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Virginia Woolf
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We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
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Edward Gibbon
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When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.
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Robert Browning
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