For A Man To Conquer Himself Is The First And Noblest Of All Victories

This wise quote is by a wise man Plato. He was the student of another very wise and divine personality Socrates. Plato in fact wrote the ideas of his teacher. This saying says that the main thing to do for a person is to conquer himself by knowing his strengths and weaknesses honestly and by trying to improve his personality. If we want to make our lives from good to best, this strategy will be the very effective one.

 

Usually, people think it is an outstanding achievement to conquer territories and people. It definitely requires many specific abilities and characteristics. It may require a bold and harsh attitude against others with a selfish hidden desire. According to this beautiful saying the real triumph is not to conquer others but to conquer our own self.

 

This achievement is not really easy to do. To conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. To understand your strengths and weaknesses and then to do a struggle to control the negative aspects by suppressing your desires. It is the real Jihad. That is required as the grass-rout level of changing the society in a positive direction. If we want to live a truly positive life, we have to start with ourselves. Then we will be able to try to change the lives of others.

 

The truly brave person is not one who conquers others but true bravery is to conquer ourselves by doing a struggle against our evil personality trends and a conscious effort to adopt positive qualities. In this way, we can take one step towards positivity and lightening our surroundings. This one step may be the start of the brightness of goodness in the darkness of negativity.