Motivational Quotes

Control

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

Best Quotes about Control

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Faldo, Nick

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

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Yogananda, Paramahansa

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

Berry, John

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

Proverb, Jewish

10.

To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

11.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Ziglar, Zig

18.

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Rapson, Steve

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Socrates

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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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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 who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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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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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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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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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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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 is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Dyer, Wayne

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Penn, William