Molefi Kete Asante Quotes

You either control your mind or it controls you.

Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.

If you can't control what you think, you will not be able to control what you do.

You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.

Every human being has the ability to completely control his own mind.

Today I will be the master of my emotions.

One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.

He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

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

You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

On those days when you don't want to get up, I think, I'm going to get through my entire practice without saying how tired I am or I try not to complain just because I was in a bad mood when I woke up. Even if it's not perfect and I slip up, I can catch myself and make myself of aware of where my mental space is at and move on.

Make a decision that from now on, your thoughts do not run you, you run your thoughts. From now on, your mind is not the captain of your ship, you are the captain of the ship, and your mind works for you.

Beware of the anger of the body. Master the body. Let it serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mind. Master your thoughts. Let them serve truth.

Control your own mind, and you may never be controlled by the mind of another.

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.

If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.

The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.

When people learn to master their feelings, they can soon learn to master their reflections and thoughts in the degree requisite for attaining the objects they are seeking. But while they yield to a feeling or spirit that distracts their minds from a subject they wish to study and learn, so long they will never gain the mastery of their minds.

You control the doorway to your mind.

When you believe yourself to be master of your thoughts, you become so.

We are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.