Self-Leadership
545 quotes: 55 by Keith Craft, 490 from other voices.
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- What the superior man seeks, is in himself. What the mean man seeks, is in others.
- What you are aware of, you are in control of; what you are not aware of, is in control of you.
- What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.
- What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
- When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.
- When glad, we owe the world our joy; when mad, we owe it our self-control.
- When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.
- When you get angry, your options narrow.
- When you know you are of worth — not asking it but knowing it — you walk into a room with a particular power.
- When you lose your temper, you lose your power.
- When you meet with neglect, let it rouse you to exertion, instead of mortifying your pride. Set about lessening those defects which expose you to neglect, and improve those excellences which command attention and respect.
- When you REACT you are giving away your power. When you RESPOND you are staying in control of yourself.
- When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
- Who has deceived thee so often as thyself?
- Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
- Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
- Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of his soul.
- Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist.
- Wilt thou know thyself, see how others do; wilt thou understand others, look into thine own heart.
- Winners are not born, they are self-made.
- Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life—in a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our actions and words all of a color.
- Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
- Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.
- Wouldst thou have thy flesh obey thy spirit? Then let thy spirit obey thy God. Thou must be governed, that thou may'st govern.
- You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
- You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution.
- You can be invincible, if you enter into no contest in which it is not in your power to conquer.
- You can do as much as you think you can, But you'll never accomplish more; If you're afraid of yourself, young man, There's little for you in store.
- You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.Leonardo da VinciSourced
- You can make yourself what you desire to be; you can do what you wish to do; you can have what you want.
- You can only make others better by being good yourself.
- You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
- You cannot consistently perform in a manner that is inconsistent with the way you see yourself
- You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself.
- You cannot master yourself unless you know yourself. There are mirrors for the face but none for the mind.
- You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.
- You can’t grow yourself unless you know yourself.
- You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.
- You can’t take control of your life, until you first stop trying to control everyone and everything around you.
- You can’t win the war against the world if you can’t win the war against your own mind.