Quotes about control

"Only my condemnation injures me."

A Course In Miracles on control
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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 on control   

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."

Andretti, Mario on control
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"If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem."

Anthony, Dr. Robert on control
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"Never let the other fellow set the agenda."

Baker, James on control
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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 on control   

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

Berry, John on control   

"Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to."

Billings, Josh on control
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"I am not a glutton -- I am an explorer of food."

Bombeck, Erma on control   

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon on control
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"I have only one counsel for you -- be master."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on control   

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon on control
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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 on control
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"If you don't program yourself, life will program you!"

Brown, Les on control
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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 on control
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"If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave."

Cato The Elder on control
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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 on control   

"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 on control
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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 on control   

"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 on control
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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. on control   

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

Dyer, Wayne on control
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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 on control   

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

Edison, Thomas A. on control   

"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 on control   

"Nothing external to you has any power over you."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on control
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"The word is control. That's my ultimate -- to have control."

Faldo, Nick on control   

"Drive thy business or it will drive thee."

Franklin, Benjamin on control   

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

Franklin, Benjamin on control
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"Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all."

Fuller, Thomas on control   

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

Gandhi, Mahatma on control
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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 on control
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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 on control   

"He is great enough that is his own master."

Hall, Joseph on control   

"He who has the pepper may season as he lists."

Herbert, George on control   

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

Hill, Napoleon on control
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"No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him."

Hill, Napoleon on control
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"Are we controlled by our thoughts, or are we controlling our thoughts?"

Holliwell, Raymond on control
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"No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys."

Horton, Doug on control
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"The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls."

Jampolsky, Gerald G. on control