Motivational Quotes

Control

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.

Best Quotes about Control

1.

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

2.

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.

3.

To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

4.

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

Brown, Les

5.

If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem.

Anthony, Dr. Robert

6.

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

Berry, John

7.

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

8.

He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

9.

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

Bombeck, Erma

10.

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

11.

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

Hill, Napoleon

12.

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

13.

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

Robbins, Anthony

14.

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

15.

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

16.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

17.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

18.

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.

19.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

20.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.

Popplestone, Charles E.

26.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

27.

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

Rapson, Steve

28.

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

Stone, W. Clement

29.

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

30.

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

Allen, James

31.

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

32.

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.

33.

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

34.

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

Dyer, Wayne

35.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

36.

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

Faldo, Nick

37.

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

Eastwood, Clint

38.

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

Proverb, Jewish

39.

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

40.

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

Ziglar, Zig

41.

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

Hill, Napoleon

42.

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

43.

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

Brown, Les

44.

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

Riley, Pat

45.

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

Socrates

46.

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

47.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

48.

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

Horton, Doug

49.

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

Fuller, Thomas

50.

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