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

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

Bombeck, Erma

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.

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

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

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

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

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

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Faldo, Nick

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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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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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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Simms, Nancy

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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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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Dyer, Wayne

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Horton, Doug

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