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

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.

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

What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Faldo, Nick

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Yogananda, Paramahansa

10.

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

Simms, Nancy

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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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.

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

16.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

17.

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

18.

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

Proverb, Jewish

19.

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

Socrates

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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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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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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

23.

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

24.

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

Penn, William

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

Dyer, Wayne

27.

It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.

Gibson, Mel

28.

He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

29.

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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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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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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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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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

34.

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

Berry, John

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

39.

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

Brown, Les

41.

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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