Motivational Quotes

Control

Only my condemnation injures me.

- A Course In Miracles

Best Quotes about Control

1.

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

Riley, Pat

2.

When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.

Stone, W. Clement

3.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

Penn, William

4.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

Eastwood, Clint

5.

No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.

Horton, Doug

6.

You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.

Proverb, Jewish

7.

Your real self -- the I am I -- is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm.

Collier, Robert

8.

Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Jefferson, Thomas

9.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Yogananda, Paramahansa

10.

Never give anyone total access to your pockets, your pockets, your purse or your mind.

11.

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.

Whitman, Walt

12.

Every man wishes to rule the world. Unfortunately, the world rules every man.

Johnson, Jeremy P.

13.

When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions...

Stone, W. Clement

14.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

15.

What man's mind can create, man's character can control.

Edison, Thomas A.

16.

There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.

Young, Vash

17.

When I grip the wheel too tight, I find I lose control.

Rapson, Steve

18.

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

19.

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.

Hill, Napoleon

20.

The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world.

Chopra, Deepak

21.

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

22.

He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

23.

The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.

Berry, John

24.

I am not a glutton -- I am an explorer of food.

Bombeck, Erma

25.

The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind.

Gandhi, Mahatma

26.

We fail to see that we can control our own destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

Marden, Orison Swett

27.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

28.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Hill, Napoleon

29.

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.

Bentham, John

30.

The word is control. That's my ultimate -- to have control.

Faldo, Nick

31.

Everybody has a hot button. Who is pushing yours? While you probably cannot control that person, you CAN control the way you react to them.

32.

The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

33.

If you don't program yourself, life will program you!

Brown, Les

34.

To decide to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life.

Dale, Arbie M.

35.

Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively.

King, Larry

36.

We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.

37.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

Robbins, Anthony

38.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

Crisp, Quentin

39.

If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem.

Anthony, Dr. Robert

40.

Your are in charge. You have the ability to master you destiny.

Mccarthy, Michael J.

41.

The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts. It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny.

Thomas, Paul G.

42.

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

43.

Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.

Socrates

44.

Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?

Ziglar, Zig

45.

Winners take chances. Like everyone else, they fear failing, but they refuse to let fear control them.

Simms, Nancy

46.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

47.

What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Lincoln, Abraham

48.

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

Fuller, Thomas

49.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

Dyer, Wayne

50.

It is far more important that one's life should be perceived than it should be transformed; for no sooner has it been perceived, than it transforms itself of its own accord.