Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Faldo, Nick

Best Quotes about Control

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

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Gibson, Mel

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Proverb, Jewish

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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Simms, Nancy

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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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 always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

Dyer, Wayne

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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Socrates

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

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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 who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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

Riley, Pat

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

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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