“Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.”
Gloria Steinem
“Peace is what I practice, peace is what I preach, but if they will not embrace peace, then they will learn violence, for violence I will teach.”
Kamaal Dakari Connolly
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The last thing this planet needs is another punch thrown, another grenade tossed, another missile launched; to teach self-defense in today's world is to teach kindness, compassion, and protection from mediocrity.”
Tom Callos
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
Napoleon Hill
“The most excellent jihad (struggle) is that for the conquest of self”
Muhammad
“Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. As soon you apply yourself to orison, you will at once feel your senses gather themselves together: they seem like bees which”
St. Teresa of Avila