Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Hill, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Control

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

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

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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

It is far more important that one's life should be perceived than it should be transformed; for no sooner has it been perceived, than it transforms itself of its own accord.

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

Dyer, Wayne

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

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

Berry, John

11.

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.

12.

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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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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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Proverb, Jewish

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Faldo, Nick

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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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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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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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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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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.

Horton, Doug

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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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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

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Riley, Pat

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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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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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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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

Sher, Barbara

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

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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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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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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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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 can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Gandhi, Mahatma