Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Horton, Doug

Best Quotes about Control

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

Horton, Doug

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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.

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

Riley, Pat

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

Gibson, Mel

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

11.

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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You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.

Popplestone, Charles E.

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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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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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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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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 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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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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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Bombeck, Erma

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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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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

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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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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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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Proverb, Jewish

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

Penn, William

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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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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Rapson, Steve

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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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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.

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Robbins, Anthony