Motivational Quotes

Control

He is great enough that is his own master.

- Hall, Joseph

Best Quotes about Control

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Horton, Doug

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

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

Riley, Pat

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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Rapson, Steve

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

Proverb, Jewish

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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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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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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

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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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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 have only one counsel for you -- be master.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Simms, Nancy

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

Penn, William

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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

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

Socrates

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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

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

Brown, Les

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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Hill, Napoleon

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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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