Motivational Quotes

Control

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

Best Quotes about Control

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Gibson, Mel

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Baker, James

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.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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

Sher, Barbara

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

Horton, Doug

10.

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

11.

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

Brown, Les

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

Bombeck, Erma

15.

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

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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

17.

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

Simms, Nancy

18.

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

19.

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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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

22.

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

Berry, John

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Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

24.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

25.

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

26.

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.

27.

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

Penn, William

28.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

29.

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

Stone, W. Clement

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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.

31.

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

Proverb, Jewish

32.

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

Riley, Pat

33.

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

Ziglar, Zig

34.

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

Hill, Napoleon

35.

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

36.

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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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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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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

40.

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

Eastwood, Clint

41.

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

Socrates

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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

43.

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

Popplestone, Charles E.

45.

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.

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.

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

Faldo, Nick

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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