Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Bonaparte, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Control

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

Popplestone, Charles E.

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

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

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

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

Riley, Pat

Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Jefferson, Thomas

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.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Socrates

11.

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

12.

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

Fuller, Thomas

13.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Holliwell, Raymond

17.

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

Horton, Doug

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Stone, W. Clement

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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.

33.

It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

Sher, Barbara

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

Faldo, Nick

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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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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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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 first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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It is far more important that one's life should be perceived than it should be transformed; for no sooner has it been perceived, than it transforms itself of its own accord.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Penn, William

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

Rapson, Steve

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