Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Edison, Thomas A.

Best Quotes about Control

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?

Ziglar, Zig

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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

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

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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

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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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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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Berry, John

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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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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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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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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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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Brown, Les

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

Dyer, Wayne

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

Riley, Pat

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

Proverb, Jewish

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

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Socrates

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

Fuller, Thomas

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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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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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