Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Brown, Les

Best Quotes about Control

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.

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

Eastwood, Clint

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

Allen, James

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

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

Sher, Barbara

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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

Gibson, Mel

10.

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

Brown, Les

11.

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

Penn, William

12.

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

13.

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

14.

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

Robbins, Anthony

15.

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

Bombeck, Erma

16.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

17.

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

Riley, Pat

18.

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.

19.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

21.

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

22.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Horton, Doug

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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

25.

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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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

27.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

28.

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

29.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

30.

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

31.

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.

32.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

33.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

34.

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

Fuller, Thomas

35.

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

Dyer, Wayne

36.

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

Proverb, Jewish

37.

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

38.

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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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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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.

41.

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

Simms, Nancy

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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

43.

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

Berry, John

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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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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

48.

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

Stone, W. Clement

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