Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Holliwell, Raymond

Best Quotes about Control

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

Allen, James

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

Robbins, Anthony

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.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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.

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

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

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

10.

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

Riley, Pat

11.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

12.

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

Brown, Les

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

Socrates

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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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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Faldo, Nick

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

Lincoln, Abraham

20.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Penn, William

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

Horton, Doug

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

31.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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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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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.

36.

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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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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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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Proverb, Jewish

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