Neal A. Maxwell Quotes

The hardest victory is the victory over self.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.

because the hardest boss a man can ever have is himself.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself.

To be successful, you have to develop certain traits such as courage, dignity, charisma and integrity. You also have to recognize that you have to work harder on yourself than on your job. You attract success because of the person you are. Personal development is key.

Every attainment, every step forward in knowledge, follows from courage, from hardness against oneself, from cleanliness in relation to oneself.

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.

I believe that the plight of life and all existence is to master one's self, you know, one day at a time.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

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

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.

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

The highest strength is acquired not in overcoming the world, but in overcoming one's self. Learn to be cruel to thyself, to withstand thy appetites, to bear thy sufferings, and thou shalt become free and able.

Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor.

All great leaders have understood that their number one responsibility is cultivating their own discipline and personal growth. Those who cannot lead themselves cannot lead others.

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

Before comparing yourself with others, win the battle with yourself. Strive to be better today than yesterday, and better tomorrow than today.

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

We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self.

I learnt one thing in the past or in my life: the only person you can change is yourself, and it has to come from within.