Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Horton, Doug

Best Quotes about Control

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

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Franklin, Benjamin

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Riley, Pat

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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

Hill, Napoleon

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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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

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

Socrates

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

Sher, Barbara

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Brown, Les

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

Brown, Les

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Horton, Doug

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

Berry, John

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

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

Rapson, Steve

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

Proverb, Jewish

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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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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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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.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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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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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Bombeck, Erma

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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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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 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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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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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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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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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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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

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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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