Motivational Quotes

Control

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.

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Best Quotes about Control

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

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Popplestone, Charles E.

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Ziglar, Zig

Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Jefferson, Thomas

10.

He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

11.

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

Penn, William

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.

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

Brown, Les

14.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

15.

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

Robbins, Anthony

16.

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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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

18.

To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

19.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Hill, Napoleon

22.

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

23.

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

Bombeck, Erma

25.

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

26.

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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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

28.

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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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

30.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

31.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

32.

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

Riley, Pat

33.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

34.

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

Berry, John

35.

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

Gibson, Mel

36.

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

Allen, James

37.

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

Faldo, Nick

38.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

39.

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

40.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

42.

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

Proverb, Jewish

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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

44.

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.

45.

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

46.

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

47.

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 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.

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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

50.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David