Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Riley, Pat

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

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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

10.

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.

11.

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

12.

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.

13.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

14.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Gibson, Mel

18.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

28.

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Riley, Pat

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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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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Allen, James

39.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

40.

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

Proverb, Jewish

41.

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

Popplestone, Charles E.

42.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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

45.

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

Faldo, Nick

46.

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

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

Holliwell, Raymond

48.

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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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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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