Motivational Quotes

Control

Only my condemnation injures me.

- A Course In Miracles

Best Quotes about Control

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

While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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.

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Stone, W. Clement

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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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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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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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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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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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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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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

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

Proverb, Jewish

25.

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

Faldo, Nick

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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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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The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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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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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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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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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