Motivational Quotes

Control

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

- Plato

Best Quotes about Control

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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.

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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.

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

Simms, Nancy

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

Socrates

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

Sher, Barbara

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Berry, John

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Stone, W. Clement

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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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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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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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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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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Penn, William

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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

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

Faldo, Nick

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

Rapson, Steve

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

Riley, Pat

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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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 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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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 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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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

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

Horton, Doug

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

Lincoln, Abraham