Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes

Well, any time you do anything good, it's man versus himself, right? That's the art, the challenge.

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.

It is much easier to conquer a country than to conquer ourselves.

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

I've had quite a lot to conquer in myself apart from writing. Not that I've been a pure angel when I come to the end of it.

The toughest opponent is me. A lot of times, you don't want to train. You don't want to box. Sometimes, life hits you to the point where you don't even want to live. You have to fight with that person. You have to make yourself wake up in the morning. You have to make yourself watch your weight. That's how I fight with that person.

Do not forget: seek to win all your battles, including those you fight against yourself. Do not fear the scars. Do not be afraid of victory.

The hardest victory is the victory over self.

The disease we all have and that we have to fight against all our lives is ... the disease of self.

Fight against yourself, recover yourself to decency, to modesty, to freedom. And, in the first place, condemn your actions; but when you have condemned them, do not despair of yourself. For both ruin and recovery are from within.

When I read the Bible, I see that we should have victory in our life and be overcomers, and I can't even control my temper. I'm impatient. I'm hard to get along with. I'm selfish and self-centered, and I don't seem to have any control over it.

If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.

The ordinary man puts up a struggle against all that is not himself, whereas it is against himself, in a limited but all-essential field, that the artist has to battle.

All of us have areas of weakness. God wants these character flaws to show us how totally dependent we are upon Him. When we handle them properly, they drive us into a deeper, more intimate relationship with the Lord. But uncontrolled weakness wreaks havoc in a person's life.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

I feel like we're attracted to paths in life that force us to look at our weaknesses or deficiencies as human beings. Not to get all deep on you, but that's how I feel.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.