Motivational Quotes

Control

Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

- Jefferson, Thomas

Best Quotes about Control

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Faldo, Nick

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

Robbins, Anthony

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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.

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

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

Popplestone, Charles E.

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

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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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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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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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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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Penn, William

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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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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Stone, W. Clement

18.

To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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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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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

21.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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

28.

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

Horton, Doug

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

Rapson, Steve

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

Ziglar, Zig

33.

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

Fuller, Thomas

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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.