198 Quotes About Self-mastery

Whilst it may feel comforting and easier to view your life through a filter of It’s not my fault. They made me do it. It made me this way, this submission to a state of powerlessness is not only debilitating but also smacks of immaturity. Whether or not you’re conscious of your desires, the victim mentality is driven by two core needs: sympathy and vindication.

The true meaning of life lies in learning. When you learn, you understand the things better, when you understand the things better, it reflects in your actions, and when your actions are right, according to the process of life, you are bound to receive the desired result.

Do you love yourself? The test is simple. Do you look at others and see anything besides another beautiful human being? Do you see somebody who is more beautiful or less beautiful than you? If so, look down a little deeper and ask yourself why. It may be painful. The whys usually are. Do it anyway.

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?

Life is fundamentally a mental state. We live in a dream world that we create. Whose life is truer, the rational man of action pursuing practical goals of personal happiness and wealth or the philosophic man who lives in a world of theoretical and metaphysical ideas? We ascribe the value quotient to our lives by making decisions that we score as either valid or invalid based upon our personal ethics and how we think and behave.

Inspiration may come from many places but motivation - the love of life, daily drive and the will to thrive - that must come from you from within

You can't expect the level of excitement of your audience to be greater than your own.

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.

Happiness being surrounded by good friends and family at a BBQ.