Mahabharata Quotes

Vain indeed is all overweening pride in the conquest even of the entire universe if one has not conquered one's own passions.

If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

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

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.

Though thousand times a thousand in battle one may conquer, yet should one conquer just oneself, one is the greatest conqueror.

A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.

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

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

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

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.

But since the world, which thou art to strive against, is not without thee, but within thee, it follows, that it is also to be conquered not without, but within thee.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Those who can command themselves command others.

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.