Motivational Quotes

Control

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

Best Quotes about Control

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Penn, William

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

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

Allen, James

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

Horton, Doug

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

Simms, Nancy

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Popplestone, Charles E.

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

Brown, Les

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

Bombeck, Erma

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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 other people tell you what you want.

Riley, Pat

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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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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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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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Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

Robbins, Anthony

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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Socrates

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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

Dyer, Wayne

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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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Bentham, John

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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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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Proverb, Jewish

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

Stone, W. Clement

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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Hill, Napoleon