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

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

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.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Penn, William

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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

11.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

12.

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

Rapson, Steve

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Bombeck, Erma

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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

28.

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

Brown, Les

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Faldo, Nick

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

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

Horton, Doug

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

39.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Bonaparte, 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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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Stone, W. Clement