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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
Control Motivational Quotes



Best Quotes about Control

1.
Only my condemnation injures me.
A Course In Miracles

2.
The first and the best victory is to conquer self.
Plato

3.
No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.
Horton, Doug

4.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Lincoln, Abraham

5.
The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.
Berry, John

6.
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

7.
Every man wishes to rule the world. Unfortunately, the world rules every man.
Johnson, Jeremy P.

8.
We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.

9.
The word is control. That's my ultimate -- to have control.
Faldo, Nick

10.
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
Penn, William

11.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Gandhi, Mahatma

12.
I have only one counsel for you -- be master.
Bonaparte, Napoleon

13.
The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.
Jampolsky, Gerald G.

14.
It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.
Gibson, Mel

15.
What man's mind can create, man's character can control.
Edison, Thomas A.

16.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
Robbins, Anthony

17.
You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.
Proverb, Jewish

18.
Don't let other people tell you what you want.
Riley, Pat

19.
Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
Socrates

20.
The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind.
Gandhi, Mahatma

21.
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

22.
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.

23.
Never give anyone total access to your pockets, your pockets, your purse or your mind.

24.
To know is to control.
Reed, Scott

25.
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
Bonaparte, Napoleon

26.
Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.
Fuller, Thomas

27.
Nothing external to you has any power over you.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo

28.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Bonaparte, Napoleon

29.
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

30.
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
Hill, Napoleon

31.
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

32.
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.
Merton, Thomas

33.
It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
Sher, Barbara

34.
He is great enough that is his own master.
Hall, Joseph

35.
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

36.
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

37.
Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.
Brown, Les

38.
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.

39.
You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.
Popplestone, Charles E.

40.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
Franklin, Benjamin

41.
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

42.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions...
Stone, W. Clement

43.
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.

44.
Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.
Mandino, Og

45.
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
Dyer, Wayne

46.
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

47.
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

48.
Are we controlled by our thoughts, or are we controlling our thoughts?
Holliwell, Raymond

49.
Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?
Ziglar, Zig

50.
If you don't program yourself, life will program you!
Brown, Les


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