Self Mastery Quotes

“When you fail to be your own boss,
You are giving somebody else the contract.”
― Richard Marcel I.

“Do you wish to take control of your life? Begin by focusing on steering the storm, rather than where the lightening strikes.”
― Gary Hopkins

“Rhetorical question: Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo?
I didn't.”
― Richie Norton

“Master Yourself and you master your environment! Such is the nature of wisdom.”
― D Nicole Williams, Change Your Posture! Change Your LIFE!: The Passion Fruit of Purposed Pursuit

“Take notice of what thoughts you choose to fill your mind with each day. Our thoughts draw to us whatever is dominating our mind, so always keep what you are thinking about in check.”
― Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women

“People who suffer the most often inflict the most pain onto others. Compassion can be found through understanding this. When someone is internally suffering, sometimes the only reality they know is that of pain and thus their only knowledge is how to be a victim or an abuser. That’s all they are able to communicate. Holding onto the thorn of resentment does not help them or you, but fostering compassion and forgiveness will.”
― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life

“When faced with contrast, take nothing personally and don’t try to defend yourself. Defending one’s self is a vibrational relative of guilt. People will think what they like; do not feed fuel to the fire by reacting. Simply ask questions for clarity and in response say ‘Is that so?’ Take responsibility for the energy you brought to the situation, acknowledge the illusions without attachment, and move forward. Other people’s opinions are none of your business. Remember that each person is on their own unique path, and the mirror of contrast you hold up to them may be exactly what is necessary for their conscious growth at that time.”
― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life

“Two questions I'm pondering:

1. If money didn't exist, would you still chase your dreams?

2. If money didn't exist, would you still keep your job?

If the answer is "YES" to both, you're on track. If the answer is "NO" to either, what needs to change?”
― Richie Norton

“Another year older, but am I wiser? Wisdom comes from learning and changing for the better. Sometimes we just go through life living the same day over and over and never gaining true wisdom. Let that never be me.”
― Richie Norton

“Perfection is born of imperfection.”
― Richie Norton

“Success is a process, not an event.”
― Richie Norton

“When the going gets tough, people bail. When the going gets easy, people get lazy. Honest, smart, hard work is the way to get results.”
― Richie Norton

“We solely choose how we interpret something said, a behavior or action of another. No one can make us feel anything we don’t choose for ourselves.”
― Renee Cefalu

“All negative emotion originates from
FEAR and all positive emotion originates from LOVE.”
― Renee Cefalu

“We must endeavor to be whole, whether in or out of a relationship, basing happiness on our own internal resources rather than relying on someone else to full the perceived gaps in our lives.”
― Shane Eric Mathias, The Happiness Tree: Grow Your Happiness by Cultivating a Healthy, Creative and Purposeful Life

“Self-knowledge is the foundation stone of every principled person, and any changes of a person’s mutable character commences with an extensive course of self-evaluation. Personal evolution is a product of the independent choices we make. Progress in the development of oneself depends upon how honestly a person judges oneself, and what corrections a person makes to align their character with an ideal version of a self.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Take notice of what thoughts you fill your mind with each day. Our thoughts draw to us whatever is dominating our mind, so always keep what you are thinking about in check.”
― Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women

“The two things that truly belong to ourselves are our thoughts and actions.”
― Siim Land, Becoming a Self-Empowered Being: The Journey Towards Achieving Body-Mind-Mastery and Living According to One's Calling

“I have met many Masters and most have an abundance of flaws and social failings. However, the one thing that separates them from the rest of us is their fearless ability to walk their own path regardless of the opinions of others.”
― Gary Hopkins

“We are more powerful than we have been lead to believe. Walk tall in your power and never give it to an outside source. True authority comes from within.”
― Renee Cefalu

“No one can make us feel anything. We always have the authority over how we choose to feel about something. Never give anyone that much power over yourself.”
― Renee Cefalu

“Self Mastery is the ability to maneuver through life without the mind or emotional attachment. It is being a mindfully present observer instead of the mind identified perceiver.”
― Renee Cefalu

“It is easy for others to dismiss you when people do not understand themselves. It is easy for people to judge you when they do not understand themselves. It is difficult for people to except you for who you are when they do not understand who they are.”
― Renee Cefalu

“Mastery of impulse is all about self-discipline and choice. The mind is a powerful tool with which we have the ability to be in control of ourselves.”
― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life

“Self-mastery involves a studious account of all aspects of human life and developing a comprehensive philosophy for living without fear or anxiety throughout the remaining years of a person’s life. A person must live within the limits of the human condition, which does not justify giving into all of our destructive impulses or living a pleasurable and guiltless life. Self-mastery does not require a person to live a life without passion; rather, it entails channeling vibrant personal passions into living in a virtuous manner of created beings.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Think of your mind as a candle on a small boat, can the candle survive if there was a storm? Remember, Anger is storm, a destructive one...”
― AbdulAziz Mohammed

“SPIRITUALITY… A curiosity and search for the wonders of life and discovering of your own soul.”
― Renee Cefalu

“The best investment you will ever make is an investment within yourself.”
― Renee Cefalu

“Are you Mindful or Mindless? Or in the Middle?”
― Richie Norton

“Gut check. Is your current fear a stumbling block or a stepping stone?”
― Richie Norton