Motivational Quotes

Control

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

- Lincoln, Abraham

Best Quotes about Control

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

Eastwood, Clint

What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Lincoln, Abraham

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Penn, William

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

Berry, John

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

Hill, Napoleon

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.

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

Simms, Nancy

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

Ziglar, Zig

11.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

12.

While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.

Franklin, Benjamin

13.

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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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

15.

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

Faldo, Nick

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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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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Dyer, Wayne

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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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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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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Rapson, Steve

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Riley, Pat

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

Brown, Les

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

Socrates

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Proverb, Jewish