Home / Quotes / Quote by Augustus William Hare

Quote by Augustus William Hare

“Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody.”

Quote by Augustus William Hare

Book:Guesses at Truth

Work

Guesses at Truth

This book delves into the nature of truth and how it is perceived by individuals, offering a philosophical analysis of the concept. more

Author

Augustus William Hare

Augustus William Hare was an English author born on November 17, 1792, and died on January 22, 1834. Known for his travelogues and biographies, he is particularly renowned for his collaborative work on 'The English worthies' with John Clark. more

You May Also Like

“I bid you conquer in your warfare against your four great enemies, the world, the devil, the flesh, and above all, that obstinate and perverse self-will, unaided by which the other three would be comparatively powerless.”

“The principle is competing against yourself.”

“We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough.”

Real Enough Motivational Fall Anxiety Tempted Will Power Slipping Power And Control Self Power Discipline And Self Control

Book:Guesses at Truth

Source: Guesses at Truth

“Those that only take a nibble here and a nibble there will never attain anything ... Those who really want to be yogis must give up, once and for all, this nibbling at things. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea.”

Thinking Want Giving Ideas Dream Motivational Giving Up Will Power Yogi Nibbling

Book:Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)

Source: Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)

“There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than half accomplishes the object.”

Mind Wells May Motivational Wish Half Objects Accomplish Temptation Imaginary Will Power Power And Control Self Power Discipline And Self Control Enticement Resisting Temptation

Author:Charlotte Dacre

“When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success mechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by conscious effort or "willpower.”

Mind Doe Motivational Jobs Effort Creative Conscious Mechanism Within You Willpower Will Power Better Than You Cybernetics Psycho Cybernetics

Book:PSYCHO-CYBERNETICS

Source: PSYCHO-CYBERNETICS

“An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys.”

Motivational Joy Elements Self Control Restraint Will Power Power And Control Self Power Discipline And Self Control Abstention

Book:The privilege of age: essays secular and spiritual

Source: The privilege of age: essays secular and spiritual

“Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them.”

Mean Doe Motivational Faults Will Power Power And Control Self Power Discipline And Self Control

Author:Antonio Porchia

“Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud.”

Motivational Interest Conscience Temptation Scream Self Control Will Power Power And Control Self Power Discipline And Self Control

Author:Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

“Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence. We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We compete only with our previous achievements, and we get joy. Life is nothing but a perpetual possibility.”

Self Motivational Life Is Joy Walks Possibility Achievement Perpetual Transcendence New Day Will Power Each New Day

Author:Sri Chinmoy