Motivational Quotes

Control

Let nothing come between you and the light.

- Thoreau, Henry David

Best Quotes about Control

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

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

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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Stone, W. Clement

Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?

Ziglar, Zig

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

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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

13.

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

Socrates

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Faldo, Nick

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

Bombeck, Erma

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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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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Berry, John

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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

32.

To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Penn, William

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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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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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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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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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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 one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.

Horton, Doug

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

Brown, Les

45.

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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