Motivational Quotes

Control

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it

- Allen, James

Best Quotes about Control

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Dyer, Wayne

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

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.

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

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Faldo, Nick

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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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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Horton, Doug

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

Fuller, Thomas

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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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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 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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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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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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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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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Simms, Nancy

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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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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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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.