Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Simms, Nancy

Best Quotes about Control

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

Proverb, Jewish

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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.

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

Popplestone, Charles E.

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

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

Lincoln, Abraham

He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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.

10.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

11.

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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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Berry, John

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

Brown, Les

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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

Allen, 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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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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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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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 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

31.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

34.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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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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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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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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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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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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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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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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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.

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

Faldo, Nick

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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