Top 100 In Control Of Your Life Quotes
#1. The man without a purpose is a man who drifts at the mercy of random feelings or unidentified urges and is capable of any evil, because he is totally out of control of his own life. In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpose-a productive purpose.
Ayn Rand
#2. Are you in control of your life, or are circumstances in control of you.
Steven Redhead
#3. My mother and my father both, you know, the term would be, 'suck it up and just get on with it'; 'don't let bad things that happen to you stop you'; 'you're in control of your life,'" recalls Bloomberg. That advice is one of his sharpest childhood memories.
Joyce Purnick
#4. I'm a working parent and I understand that sometimes you want to have a very productive Saturday to feel that you are in control of your life, which of course you are not. Children and Jimmy Carter ruin all your best-laid plans.
Tina Fey
#5. Sometimes you want to have a very productive Saturday to feel that you are in control of your life, which of course you are not.
Tina Fey
#6. It's just kind of empowering when you become a mother. You just get overwhelmed with this new confidence and you feel really in control of your life. It's been beautiful.
Nelly Furtado
#7. The only place I see you headed, Grady, is where you want to go. Wherever that might be. You're in control of your life. You have it in you to achieve whatever you set your mind to. And don't let Drew or anybody else tell you different.
Jill Gregory
#8. Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.
Marilu Henner
#9. Stress will either drive you crazy or drive you to your knees. It depends on who is in control of your life.
Mark Hart
#10. Be in control of your life, don't let circumstances come to control you.
Steven Redhead
#11. The older I get, the more obvious it is that you're not really in control of your life, you're a part of a larger wave, no matter who you are.
Ethan Hawke
#12. Faith isn't denying the reality of your circumstances; faith is denying these circumstances the right to remain in control of your life.
Dutch Sheets
#13. Imagine that you are in control of your life. Now, the question is: Why do you have to imagine this?
Ernie J Zelinski
#15. Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift, but other times it is so gradual that you wonder exactly when it truly began.
Mickey Rooney
#16. You are the one who has to be in control of your life. You have to define who you are. If you don't, someone else will.
Ellen J. Barrier
#17. 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.
Tony Robbins
#18. Don't get yourself in certain circumstances or instances, because it's not a good feeling to be sitting in that chair where you've got 12 people that are in control of your life. You have an opportunity to be in control of your life for yourself by the decisions that you make.
Sean Combs
#19. You can be in control of your life ... if you really want to be! Change your thoughts ... keep them clean & happy and then you will Change your life
Timothy Pina
#20. What they sell to the masses are the chains you must break if you are ever to be in control of your life.
Michael Dolan
#21. Nothing has topped the way men shake her hand and look her in the eye, what it's like to call a man chickenshit to his face and get away with it, to mean it, to feel free and dominant and in control of your life.
Megan Mayhew Bergman
#22. You've got to believe that God is in control of your life. It may be a tough time but you've got to believe that God has a reason for it and he's going to make everything good.
Joel Osteen
#23. Every time you get a chance to move forward, you just hijack your own future. it's like - you don't actually want to... You're in control of your own life. And yet you act like you're permanently buffeted by events outside your control.
Jojo Moyes
#24. Get your emotions under control and your life under control. Work really hard and don't make a big deal out of yourself. Have humility. Believe in yourself. Don't get a fanatical fixation on a teacher.
Frederick Lenz
#25. I went through an experience that taught me that as soon as you think that you know how your life is going to be, something in the universe will make you realize that you really are not that in control of it.
Kristen Stewart
#26. You should start your life with the illusion that you are completely in control of what you do. You should finish life with the recognition that, all in all, you got better than you deserved.
David Brooks
#27. Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.
Nora Roberts
#28. Stress and worry is a residual of relying on yourself and being your own god, in control of everything. Worship allows us to rely on God's power to steer us through life.
T.D. Jakes
#29. Get in the driving seat of your thoughts. You control them and they absolutely control your life.
Sam Owen
#30. Watch the little things in life, the ones you have control over. Keep your eyes glued to the peas and every speck of dust on the floor.
Paul Zindel
#31. Start living by taking back the control of your life now! Create a life more in tune with your true desires.
Steven Redhead
#32. The only way to take command of your life is to realize that you are never going to be in control of it.
Toni Sorenson
#33. There are moments in life when it is all turned inside out
what is real becomes unreal, what is unreal becomes tangible, and all your levelheaded efforts to keep a tight ontological control are rendered silly and indulgent.
Aleksandar Hemon
#34. Sometimes, as an actor, you're so deeply immersed in a part that you lose control of it. If you're really lucky, a few times in your life it'll take you somewhere you never expected to go. It really blows the top off your understanding of your craft.
Mark Ruffalo
#35. [Mandela] had believed all his life that you are very much in control of your own body, and, in the process of healing, your mind had to be stronger than the medicines applied. You also had to have determination to get better.
Zelda La Grange
#36. You have control over three things - what you think, what you say, and how you behave. To make a change in your life, you must recognize that these gifts are the most powerful tools you possess in shaping the form of your life.
Sonia Friedman
#37. Believe in dreams. Never believe in hurts ... You can't let the grief and the hurts and the breaking experiences of life control your future decisions.
Robert H. Schuller
#38. you can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails. It was his way of reminding us that you can't control most of what happens in life. You can only control your reaction to it.
Kristen Proby
#39. With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life.
Kevin Whately
#40. When someone has the control of the vehicle you are aboard, his problem is your problem. When someone is a part of your journey in life, his problem is your problem. When someone has a stake in your success, his problem is your problem. Confront it. Resolve it.
Priya Kumar
#41. When running away, I recommend arriving with keys. Makes you feel like you're actually in control of the situation instead of on the lam from your life.
Vanina Marsot
#42. Your dreams may not be happening, and things aren't turning out the way you expected, but that doesn't mean your life is spinning out of control. It just means you're not in control.
Pete Wilson
#43. I was in Afghanistan and then obviously in Iraq. And I realized that you can't control life. You can do a lot to prepare. You can train, and at the end of the day there's an element that's always going to be beyond your control.
Nathaniel Fick
#44. Being truly happy in life involves you feeling more in control of the direction your life is going.
Deborah Day
#45. Life should be more about living in the moment than fearing what's happening outside it. It's about honoring what you want to do at any given time, regardless of what everyone else is doing. There's no use worrying about things that are out of your control.
Connor Franta
#46. You must learn that nobody can control everything in the flow of life," said Dart. "Control is something we all strive for - but you will find, as you become more experienced with magic, that you gain more control over yourself by releasing your need to control life.
A. Grace Martin
#47. With anything in life, I think that's when you start stressing yourself out - when you start worrying about the things that are out of your control. What I can control is being at my best every day and having no regrets at the end of each day. That's what I plan on doing.
Scott Tolzien
#48. You've gotta keep control of your time, and you can't unless you say no. You can't let people set your agenda in life.
Paul
#49. Time plays no favorites and will pass whether you act or not. Take control of your life. Dare to dream and take risks...Compete! If you aren't willing to work for you goals, don't expect others to! Believe in yourself.
Anonymous
#50. Blame doesn't empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don't want to be because you don't want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your own life's happiness.
Shannon L. Alder
#51. Develop strength and control at an early age and embrace love coupled with a selfless heart. Only then, will you find true peace in your heart and begin the journey to the best version of yourself and the best days of your life.
Tony Gaskins
#52. Inorder to accept any sort of change, you must realize that you do not have control over everything in your life.
Auliq Ice
#53. After 30 years in the theater, I'm used to having a great amount of control over what I do. But with '24', you place your character's life in the writers' hands, and you have no idea what's going to happen until you're sent the next pages.
Cherry Jones
#54. Imagine a thousand more such daily intrusions in your life, every hour and minute of every day, and you can grasp the source of this paranoia, this anger that could consume me at any moment if I lost control.
Jack Henry Abbott
#55. Take notice of what thoughts you choose to fill your mind with each day. Our thoughts draw to us whatever is dominating our mind, so always keep what you are thinking about in check.
Miya Yamanouchi
#56. Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.
Willie Nelson
#57. Being Slow means that you control the rhythms of your own life. You decide how fast you have to go in any context. If today I want to go fast, I go fast. If tomorrow I want to go slow, I go slow. What we are fighting for is the right to determine our own tempos.
Carlo Petrini
#58. I'm always uneasy with messages. I think if there is a message, it's about taking control of your life. Not becoming a victim. Be true to yourself. In essence it's about love in the drug culture.
Neil Tennant
#59. When you have succeeded in letting go of a trivial preoccupation or two, your awareness will begin to expand into the deeper sources of stress in your life, the bigger uncontrollable things that you have been at pains to control.
Linda Bender
#60. It's one thing to wait at a stop light or in a doctor's office. It's another thing to wait for news upon which your life depends. In those circumstances, our waiting highlights the fact that this situation is completely out of our control. We are totally dependent upon someone else
Alan Kraft
#61. Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.
Avery Brooks
#62. Change your thought, change your mind.
Change your belief, change your action.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#63. Be yourself,
And take control of your own destiny.
There is nothing more disgraceful in life,
Than living someone else's life.
Mouloud Benzadi
#64. Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W's you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it. I call this the freedom multiplier.
Tim Ferriss
#65. I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.
Anita Baker
#66. You rely too much on yo rules, Hannah. You use them as a kind of crutch to hold yourself back from new experiences. You've let these rules control everything you do in your life.
Shana Norris
#67. Nothing can take your joy; you have to give it away. You're in complete control of your happiness.
Joel Osteen
#68. I also think stress is related to control. When you're in charge of your life, you tend to not care about losing control of things that don't really matter like traffic jams.
Marilu Henner
#69. Look in the mirror every day and say, I am in charge. You might not have control over every phase of your life, but you have more control than you realize, and you are responsible for your own happiness and success.
Harvey MacKay
#70. Great change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over & release control over what you don't.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
#71. The Democrats and Republicans stand at two extremes, characterized by which parts of our lives they emphasize their desire to control. Libertarians reject both extremes in favor of the government leaving control of your life to you.
Michael Badnarik
#72. One day love will be the death of me. Your love, in fact, specifically. You're the vice I can't control my lust for. You're the colour in my life that I seek for. However, you'd rather not fight, but walk away. Therefore, in the like of all tragedies, you will be the death of me.
Jennifer Megan Varnadore
#73. Always be in control, do not allow money to possess your heart which should belong to God
Sunday Adelaja
#74. It's just so out of control. Life, I mean. The way it flies off in all these different directions without your permission.
Sara Zarr
#75. Your life is shaped by the thoughts and experiences you choose - and make no mistake, the decision is always yours. I promise, when you learn to be conscious and in control of what you are focusing on, you can begin to create high vibrational experiences, which will transform and heal your life.
Susan Barbara Apollon
#76. You can get control of your tasks and activities only to the degree that you stop doing some things and start spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life.
Brian Tracy
#77. Tis to work and have such pay As just keeps life from day to day In your limbs, as in a cell For the tyrants' use to dwell, ... 'Tis to be slave in soul And to hold no strong control Over your own wills, but be All that others make of ye.
Noam Chomsky
#78. I know you like to be in control and you operate a lot from fear but you have to break the bounds of your past Nicole and rewrite the story you've been telling yourself based off of others experiences. You have to create your own experience, write your own story.
Kathryn Perez
#79. You can get into a place in your life where you no longer are in control of events, and events are in control of you.
Holt McCallany
#80. You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand. ~
Irene C. Kassorla
#81. You shape your own life, and the shape of your life is determined to a great extent by your attitude. This is an area that you can control, and in learning how to control and direct it, you will have great power over what is going to happen.
Bob Proctor
#82. You have no idea of how many people have control of your life. Make lists of people you trust and love and constantly examine the people in your life.
Frederick Lenz
#83. I think that if you live long enough, you realize that so much of what happens in life is out of your control, but how you respond to it is in your control. That's what I try to remember.
Hillary Clinton
#84. Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.
Warren G. Bennis
#85. Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.
Earl Nightingale
#86. Where's your self-respect? Why don't you get yourself in control? Life cannot hang on the love of one other person; you have got to hang your life on yourself.
Nancy Thayer
#87. Don't let people supervise your life, If you know who you are, you shouldn't be living in that prison of dominance, live by your orders, you are your own soldier.
Michael Bassey Johnson
#88. Any extended period of negative emotions can lead to you giving in to despair and accepting your fate. If you remain alone for a long time, you will decide loneliness is a fact of life and pass up opportunities to hang out with people. The loss of control in any situation can lead to this state.
David McRaney
#89. You are a hologram of the world around you, and in that hologram, whatever you do inside yourself shows itself in your outside, and that means you have total control over your life and your creations and experiences by just going inside.
Maha Devi Li Ra La
#90. I tell you the truth, if you will leave your life based on the whims and caprices of men, you shall be like the corn in popcorn machine
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
#91. Being at the mercy of the acting profession, in the early days of one's career, is really brutal and feels like you have no control over your life, at all.
Charlie Hunnam
#92. Take control of your life..don't let the people in your life...take control of you!
Gwen Cannon
#93. When you start the breathing, and the prana flow begins again after 13,000 years of not functioning, higher self may begin to take control of your life and purify it. By this, I mean that persons, places and things in your life that were blocking spiritual development will often leave you.
Drunvalo Melchizedek
#94. Tragedy may hit all of us in one way or another, but fate's not our enemy, Brooke. We are. By locking yourself away from the world, you choose your own mistakes and destroy any chance of ever finding happiness. You cannot control life, but you can chose who you are and what you make of it.
J.C. Reed
#95. When things do not go our way, we typically have two choices, either be controlled or take control.
Carlos Wallace
#96. Don't let life's challenges discourage you. Some things are just out of your control. Make it work for you! The most painful lessons of the past can teach you how to survive in the present .
Carlos Wallace
#97. Here in America, government began as a tool to assure freedom. It gradually turned into a hideously expensive political toy designed to redistribute your wealth and control most aspects of your business and private life.
Mark Skousen
#98. To keep children healty, it's important to keep them active. Of course you can control what goes into their mouths, but it's also about putting the active back into family activity. Go outside with them, live in the moment and encourage them. That'll help you find fulfillment in your life as well.
Jennie Finch
#99. Sometimes you feel like you're in control and in charge of your life and everything is grand. Other times you feel powerless and insignificant.
Robert J. Crane
#100. All of the sadness and drama you have lived in your life was rooted in the making of assumptions and taking things personally. The whole world of control between humans is based on that.
Miguel Angel Ruiz
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