Quotes about Control

You are the master of your fate, the captain of your soul.

A man is no bigger than the things which he allows to annoy him.

Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.

Every man is what he is, because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind. Thoughts which a man deliberately places in his own mind, and encourages with sympathy, and with which he mixes any one or more of the emotions, constitute the motivating forces, which direct and control his every movement, act, and deed!

Thoughts which a man deliberately places in his own mind, and encourages with sympathy, and with which he mixes any one or more of the emotions, constitute the motivating forces, which direct and control his every movement, act, and deed!

You can replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you can replace inaction with action, and you can form any habit you choose. Your thoughts are the only thing in life that you can completely control—if you choose to do so. You can control your thoughts to control your habits.

You can transform your nation into a prison because you are committed to an ideology.

When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.

We are not responsible for more than our own action, but for this we should take complete responsibility. Then the results will follow of themselves, in a manner we may not always be able to foresee. We do not always have to foresee every possibility.

If he desires what is good his temper can become the controlled instrument for fighting the evil that is in himself and helping other men to overcome the obstacles which they meet in the world. He remains free to desire either good or evil.

One of the advantages of laws is that you can follow them blind, when you have lost all your moorings. You can't follow your instincts, but you can remember your rule.