Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Bonaparte, Napoleon

Best Quotes about 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

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

Riley, Pat

He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

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

Edison, Thomas A.

11.

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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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 give anyone total access to your pockets, your pockets, your purse or your mind.

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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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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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Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

Eastwood, Clint

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

21.

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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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

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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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 bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.

Berry, John

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

Penn, William

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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

Socrates

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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Dyer, Wayne

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

Brown, Les

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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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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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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