Quotes about Control

The emotion you continually feed is the one that will dominate your life.

We cannot choose how many years we will live, but we can choose how much life those years will have. We cannot control the beauty of our face, but we can control the expression on it. We cannot control life's difficult moments, but we can choose to make life less difficult. We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world, but we can control the atmosphere of our minds.

I can control my feelings by controlling my thoughts.

Other times leaders have to hold their feelings in check. When I say that leaders should delay their emotions, I'm not suggesting that they deny them or bury them. The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others—not yourself—first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification.

Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower.

PEOPLE DO NOT NATURALLY RESIST CHANGE; THEY RESIST BEING CHANGED.

The way you take control of the direction of your life is to take responsibility for yourself and your everyday actions.

You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink.

If you don't have influence, you will never be able to lead others.

Limit the effect of any emotional high or low to the twenty-four-hour period that follows the occurrence.

Choose to be responsible for how you view your circumstances.

I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.