How to Use self-mastery in a Sentence

self-mastery

noun
  • Life is for learning; self-mastery is a process.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Your Saturn sign serves as a roadmap to your self-mastery.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The moral life, writes Murdoch, is not about self-mastery in the crucible of moral struggle.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Winners do self-mastery work to release self-sabotage and rise.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Understanding yourself is one of the keys to self-mastery; be open to new awareness.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Understanding yourself is one of the keys to self-mastery, open to new awareness.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Aquarius' 2026 career horoscope Commit to your self-mastery.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This period isn’t bereft of opportunity, but it’s interspersed with learning experiences at the hands of people who still haven’t done any self-mastery work.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Those who mastered these high summits did so by first achieving self-mastery, reaching through prayer and meditation a higher realm of almost superhuman awareness and power.
    — Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024
  • Sagittarius' 2026 career horoscope Polish your reputation; your self-mastery is a power move.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In this particular case, the sun in Gemini’s curiosity and clever thinking gets the support from Saturn in Aries, which brings discipline and a level of self-mastery.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • Many assume that competence and success automatically translate into emotional intelligence and self-mastery.
    — Melinda Fouts, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • These quiet, everyday lessons from grandfathers profoundly shape future leaders, emphasizing human connection, resilience, generosity, and self-mastery.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Hemingway, who championed self-mastery, gave the old fisherman in his novella exactly one consolation out there alone in the Gulf Stream, the thought of the great DiMaggio, who did everything perfectly even with the bone spur in his heel.
    — Anthony Scaramucci, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • Sharon Kuhn Consulting, coaching leaders and teams in self-mastery, leadership, and talent engagement driving performance—increasing ROI.
    — Sharon A. Kuhn, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

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