Motivational Quotes

Control

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Control

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

Penn, William

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

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

Rapson, Steve

If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem.

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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

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

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Gibson, Mel

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

Sher, Barbara

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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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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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Hill, 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.

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Proverb, Jewish

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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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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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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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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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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Fuller, Thomas

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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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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Riley, Pat

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

Stone, W. Clement

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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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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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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

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

Berry, John

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Dyer, Wayne

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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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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