Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Control

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.

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

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

Lincoln, Abraham

If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem.

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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

Faldo, Nick

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Rapson, Steve

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

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

Brown, Les

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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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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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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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 is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Sher, Barbara

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

Horton, Doug

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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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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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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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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

Socrates

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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