Seneca the Younger Quotes

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

I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

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

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.

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

I will be lord over myself.

No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?

But while I breathe Heaven's air and Heaven looks down on me, And smiles at my best meanings, I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.

I'm in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

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

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself.

As long as I live I will have control over my being.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

I can control my destiny; I control my life.

Only the disciplined ones in life are free. If you are undisciplined, you are a slave to your moods and your passions.

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.

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