Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Gandhi, Mahatma

Best Quotes about Control

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

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Anthony, Dr. 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

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Penn, William

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

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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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.

11.

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

Simms, Nancy

12.

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

13.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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

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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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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

20.

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

Faldo, Nick

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

Proverb, Jewish

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

Sher, Barbara

26.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

27.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

28.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

29.

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

30.

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

Hill, Napoleon

31.

He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

32.

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

Stone, W. Clement

33.

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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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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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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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

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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

38.

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

Popplestone, Charles E.

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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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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

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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.

43.

To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.