Self-Leadership
545 quotes: 55 by Keith Craft, 490 from other voices.
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- To possess money is very well; it may be a most valuable servant; to be possessed by it, is to be possessed by a devil, and one of the meanest and worst kind of devils.
- To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.
- To redeem a world sunk in dishonesty has not been given thee. Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control. Him redeem, him make honest.
- To rule one’s anger is well; to prevent it is still better.
- To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.
- Train your body, calm your mind, be kind to people, invest long-term, and keep life simple. Most people won’t, but you can.
- Train yourself to take nothing personally.
- Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
- Ultimately, there’s one investment that supersedes all others: Invest in yourself.
- Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
- Until you are willing to accept total and complete responsibility for every aspect of your life, your life will keep sending you experiences designed to get your attention.
- Until you can get so that you can rely upon yourself, you need not expect to succeed.
- Until you can see, and admit, that YOU are the problem... You will be unable to realize that YOU must be the solution.
- Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
- We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.
- We are all envious naturally: but, by checking envy, we get the better of it.
- We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.
- We are not burdened by society's expectations, but rather, the expectations which we place on ourselves.
- We are the producers of our own thinking. Thought is not something that happens to us, but something that we do to ourselves.
- We can be our own best friends or we can be our own worst enemies.
- We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
- We cannot keep thieves from looking in at our windows, but we need not give them entertainment with open doors.
- We can’t control what people say, but we do have a say in how we react. Refusing to give others power over our feelings is a mark of emotional intelligence.
- We have more power than will; and it is often by way of excuse to ourselves that we fancy things are impossible.
- We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.
- We have to be on our guard against small troubles, which, by encouraging, we are apt to magnify into great ones.
- We hear much said of "environment." We need to realize that environment should never be allowed to make the man, but that man should always, and always can, condition the environment.
- We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
- We make a ladder of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
- We may be as good as we please, if we please to be good.
- We may not be able to parry evil thoughts, but we may surely guard against their taking root in us and bringing forth evil deeds.
- We must be true to ourselves, or else, in the long run, we shall be false to all others.
- We must live our lives to a higher standard. The standard we set for ourselves must makes us feel uncomfortable. If the standard you set for yourself allows you to feel comfortable, you must re-evaluate the bar you set for yourself.
- We must master our good fortune, or it will master us.
- We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? what passion opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
- We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse.
- What I discovered is powerful: pushing yourself to take simple actions creates a chain reaction in your confidence and your productivity.
- What is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
- What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
- What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.