Motivational Quotes

Control

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

Best Quotes about Control

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Faldo, Nick

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

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

Bombeck, Erma

Only my condemnation injures me.

A Course In Miracles

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

Riley, Pat

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

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

Johnson, Jeremy P.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

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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 man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

Penn, William

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Gibson, Mel

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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

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

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Simms, Nancy

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

Stone, W. Clement

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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

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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Holliwell, Raymond

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He is great enough that is his own master.

Hall, Joseph

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

Sher, Barbara

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To know is to control.

Reed, Scott

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

Popplestone, Charles E.