Motivational Quotes

Control

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

- Herbert, George

Best Quotes about Control

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.

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Proverb, Jewish

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

Faldo, Nick

To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

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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

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

Stone, W. Clement

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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

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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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.

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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

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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

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You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Horton, Doug

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

Simms, Nancy

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Dyer, Wayne

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

Gibson, Mel

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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

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Riley, Pat

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

Sher, Barbara

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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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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

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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.

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

Bombeck, Erma

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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Penn, William

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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

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

Rapson, Steve

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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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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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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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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

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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 first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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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