Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Riley, Pat

Best Quotes about Control

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

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

Eastwood, Clint

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Gibson, Mel

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

Allen, James

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

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

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

Socrates

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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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

11.

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

12.

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

Brown, Les

13.

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

14.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

15.

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

Faldo, Nick

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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

17.

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

Proverb, Jewish

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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Dyer, Wayne

20.

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

21.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

22.

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

23.

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

Penn, William

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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

25.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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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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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.

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

30.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

34.

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

35.

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Riley, Pat

39.

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

40.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

41.

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

Stone, W. Clement

42.

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

Simms, Nancy

43.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

44.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Bombeck, Erma

46.

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

Horton, Doug

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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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He is great enough that is his own master.