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Control Quotes by Stephen Covey
- The only person over whom you have direct and immediate control is yourself. The most important assets to develop, preserve and enhance, therefore, are your…
- Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
- As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the…
- Anytime we think the problem is 'out there,' that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us. The change paradigm is…
- Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves to principles. Pride…
- If you don't know yourself, if you don't control yourself, if you don't have mastery over yourself, it's very hard to like yourself, except in…
- Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part…
- Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent…
- 'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet…
- If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.
- Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to choose to empower…
- It takes courage to realize that you are greater than your moods, greater than your thoughts, and that you can control your moods and thoughts.
- When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes…
- In my own experience, both personally and professionally, I've learned that you don't wait to confront reality. It doesn't get easier. It doesn't get better.…
- The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and…
- If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.
- As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself…
- When the external factors over which one has no control in a way start to become negative, it starts to affect our creative juices.
More Control Quotes
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another,… — Bashar al-Assad
- Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
- You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. — Marcus Aurelius
- The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In… — Paul Auster
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility… — Irving Babbitt
- Liberty is the prevention of control by others. — Lord Acton
- And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters… — Lord Acton
- Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even… — Michael Badnarik
- It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's… — Red Adair
- If you want to control other people, first control yourself. — Abu Bakr