11 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
“It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
— Epictetus
“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.”
— Latin Proverb
“What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.”
— Aristotle
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
— Book of Proverbs
“No man can have patience who has not strong passions.”
— Michel de Montaigne
“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”
— Horace
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
— William Shakespeare
“Who is wise? He that learns from every one. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“I am angry nearly every day of my life in my family but I have learned not to show it.”
— Louisa May Alcott
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