Motivational Quotes

Control

Only my condemnation injures me.

- A Course In Miracles

Best Quotes about Control

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

No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.

Horton, Doug

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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

Socrates

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

Simms, Nancy

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

Rapson, Steve

10.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

11.

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

Stone, W. Clement

12.

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

13.

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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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.

15.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Brown, Les

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

Proverb, Jewish

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

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Don't let other people tell you what you want.

Riley, Pat

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Hill, 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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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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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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Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.

Brown, Les

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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Faldo, Nick

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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.

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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 have only one counsel for you -- be master.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

43.

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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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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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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You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

Dyer, Wayne

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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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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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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph