Motivational Quotes

Control

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

- Plato

Best Quotes about Control

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

Franklin, Benjamin

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Rapson, Steve

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

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

Simms, Nancy

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Horton, Doug

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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.

10.

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

Proverb, Jewish

11.

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

Robbins, Anthony

12.

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

13.

Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.

Brown, Les

14.

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.

15.

It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.

Gibson, Mel

16.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

17.

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

18.

It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

Sher, Barbara

19.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

20.

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

21.

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

Eastwood, Clint

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

25.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

26.

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

Bombeck, Erma

27.

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

Penn, William

28.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

29.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

30.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

31.

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

32.

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

Stone, W. Clement

33.

He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

34.

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

35.

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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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

37.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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

39.

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

40.

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

Socrates

41.

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

42.

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

43.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it

Allen, James

44.

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

45.

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

Dyer, Wayne

47.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

48.

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

49.

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

Berry, John