Motivational Quotes

Control

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

Best Quotes about Control

1.

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

Popplestone, Charles E.

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

Stone, W. Clement

6.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

7.

He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

8.

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

Berry, John

9.

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

Brown, Les

10.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

11.

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

Jefferson, Thomas

12.

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.

13.

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

Fuller, Thomas

14.

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

15.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it

Allen, James

16.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

17.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

18.

To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

19.

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

20.

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

Dyer, Wayne

21.

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

Brown, Les

22.

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

Proverb, Jewish

23.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

24.

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

25.

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

26.

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

27.

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

28.

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.

29.

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

Bombeck, Erma

30.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

31.

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

Hill, Napoleon

32.

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

Rapson, Steve

33.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

34.

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

Sher, Barbara

35.

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

Socrates

36.

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.

37.

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

38.

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

39.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

40.

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

41.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo