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

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

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

Gibson, Mel

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

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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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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

11.

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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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.

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

Bombeck, Erma

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

Socrates

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

Rapson, Steve

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

18.

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

Simms, Nancy

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Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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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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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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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Herbert, George

28.

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Horton, Doug

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

Eastwood, Clint

33.

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

34.

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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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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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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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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Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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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.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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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.

42.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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.

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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.