33 quotes
“A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
— Oscar Wilde
“What worries you masters you”
— John Locke
“Courage is resistance to fear mastery of fear not absence of fear”
— Mark Twain
“I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul”
— William Ernest Henley
“If heaven had granted me five more years I could have become a real painter”
— Katsushika Hokusai
“Where should the swordsman fix his mind nowhere let the body and limbs work themselves out according to a discipline they have undergone”
— Takuan Soho
“What worries you, masters you.”
“Wealth is the slave of a wise man and the master of a fool simplicity reveals the difference”
— Seneca
“Gratitude drives happiness. Happiness boosts productivity. Productivity reveals mastery. And mastery inspires the world.”
— Robin Sharma
“No man is free who is not master of himself.”
— Epictetus
“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.”
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
“In limitations he first shows himself the master and the law can only give us freedom through simplicity”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Simplicity is complexity resolved into harmony”
— Constantin Brancusi
“No man is free who is not master of himself”
“For the simplicity that lies this side of complexity I would not give a fig but for the simplicity that lies on the other side I would give my life”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”
— Lao Tzu
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
“Someday after mastering the winds the waves the tides and gravity we shall harness the energies of love for peace.”
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“The art of losing isnt hard to master”
— Elizabeth Bishop
“I do the same thing over and over improving bit by bit”
— Jiro Ono
“The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear.”
“The best fighter is never angry.”
“The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery not over nature but of ourselves”
— Rachel Carson
“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you.”
— Tony Robbins
“Before we can talk about simplicity we must understand complexity”
— Konosuke Matsushita
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else I only try to dance better than myself”
— Baryshnikov
“Lesser artists borrow great artists steal”
— Igor Stravinsky
“No one is free who is not master of himself and mastery begins in solitude”
“Champions keep playing until they get it right”
— Billie Jean King
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“Knowing how to simplify is one of the most difficult things in the world.”
— Vincent van Gogh
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