Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Fuller, Thomas

Best Quotes about Control

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Rapson, Steve

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Berry, John

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

Faldo, Nick

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

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

Penn, William

13.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Horton, Doug

18.

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Robbins, Anthony

20.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

21.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Gibson, Mel

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Ziglar, Zig

32.

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

Allen, James

33.

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

34.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

35.

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

36.

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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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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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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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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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 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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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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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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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.