Philip Massinger Quotes

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

If you want to control other people, first control yourself.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

Those who can command themselves command others.

A person in my position has to restrain himself.

Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

A well-governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

Only the man who can impose discipline on himself is fit to discipline others or can impose discipline on others.

A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.

Your most important asset is the conscious control of your own life.