Motivational Quotes

Control

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

Best Quotes about Control

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

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

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.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Penn, William

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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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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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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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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Simms, Nancy

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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Faldo, Nick

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

Berry, John

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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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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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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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