Motivational Quotes

Control

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

Best Quotes about Control

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

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

Riley, Pat

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.

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

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes crimes out of things that are not crimes.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Brown, Les

Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

Chuang Tzu

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

Dyer, Wayne

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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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Proverb, Jewish

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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Buddha

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You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Tracy, Brian

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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Are we controlled by our thoughts, or are we controlling our thoughts?

Holliwell, Raymond

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.

Popplestone, Charles E.

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

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It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

Sher, Barbara

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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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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

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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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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.

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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.

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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

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As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Faldo, Nick

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

Eastwood, Clint

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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

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

Berry, John

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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Hill, Napoleon

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I have only one counsel for you -- be master.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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

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

Horton, Doug

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

Simms, Nancy

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

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

Fuller, Thomas

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You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world.

Montapert, Alfred A.