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If you want to control other people, first control yourself. -- Abu Bakr
You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that. -- Kimora Lee Simmons
As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself. -- Victoria Osteen
You can't control a young horse unless you control yourself. -- Lincoln Steffens
Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. -- Napoleon Hill
If you wish to control others you must first control yourself -- Miyamoto Musashi
If you can control yourself sexually, you can control yourself. Period. -- A. C. Green
The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticise others. -- Dalai Lama
Knowledge gives power. In practice it is very simple. To control yourself, know yourself. -- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
A man must feel he runs things, but as long as you control yourself, you control him. -- Jacqueline Susann
If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself. -- William J. H. Boetcker
Easy there," Zach said when I stumbled into him. "Now's probably not the time to get handsy. You might want to control yourself. -- Ally Carter
I'm afraid that's inappropriate behavior for the schoolyard," Xavier teased"I know my charm is hard to resist, but please tray and control yourself. -- Alexandra Adornetto
I'm afraid that's inappropriate behavior for the schoolyard," Xavier teased. "I know my charm is hard to resist, but please tray and control yourself. -- Alexandra Adornetto
I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral. -- Debbie Reynolds
It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself. -- Daniel Handler
Your job is to control yourself. Your job is to discipline yourself. Your job is to deal with everything in life with affection, love and kindness. -- Harbhajan Singh Yogi
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 some short-term, psych-up, superficial way. -- Stephen Covey
It's important to control yourself because life gets too complicated if you don't, but the impulse is often there for people. Some say society should be more open. That doesn't work either. -- Woody Allen
The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man; and without this all other education is good for nothing. -- Roswell Dwight Hitchcock
The first rule of style is to have something to say. The second rule of style is to control yourself when, by chance, you have two things to say; say first one, then the other, not both at the same time. -- George Polya
If they have covered your face with latex, you have to control yourself mentally so you won't think. If you start thinking, you will succumb to panic. I had a bit of a cold, and frankly I didn't have a good time. -- Meg Tilly
Discipline comes through self control. This means that you must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. -- Napoleon Hill
The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life. -- Dalai Lama
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What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn't even control yourself when they came close, as if you might just break free of whatever was holding you and throw yourself at them with enough force to easily overwhelm you both. -- Sarah Dessen
Stay small and control it yourself. -- Bruce Oldfield
Be yourself, take control of your life. -- Emma Bunton
It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself. -- Barbara Sher
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. -- Andrew Carnegie
To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace. -- Morihei Ueshiba
There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world. -- Sheryl Crow
As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do. -- Joe Torre
If you do things well one at a time, you end up in a really good place. Don't get ahead of yourself. Control the things you can. -- Ron Johnson
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change. -- Barbara de Angelis
Comfort in expressing your emotions will allow you to share the best of yourself with others, but not being able to control your emotions will reveal your worst. -- Bryant H. McGill
You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature's own way. I find golf a particularly good metaphor for this story. -- Robert Redford
Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control. -- Tracey Gold
When you're free of editorial control, you owe it to yourself to obtain feedback from friends and readers. Some take those criticisms to heart and incorporate it into their work, and some ignore them. -- Scott McCloud
It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more. -- Irvine Welsh
At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can. -- Kevin Garnett
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. -- Puff Daddy
The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that you're not in control. If you try to control your career, or how people perceive you, you'll make yourself unhappy, because life doesn't work like that. So much is luck. It's much better to let yourself off, to think, 'There's nothing I can do.' -- Matthew Macfadyen
Control yourself. You'll spurt. -- John Lennon
Control yourself, not your dreams. -- Stephen LaBerge
Change yourself - you are in control. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Control yourself. Become someone who can handle this. -- Brandon Sanderson
In times of weakness, choose to put yourself under God's control. -- Stormie Omartian
Control your inner dialogue. Talk to yourself positively all the time. -- Brian Tracy
Facts are only tools to gain control over yourself and other people. -- Nikki Giovanni
Control yourself and no one elseAnd you willsee the Truth my brother -- Ysabella Brave
You make yourself what you are. You have control of your own destiny. -- Brad Pitt
Your self-image controls your performance; see yourself as confident and in complete control -- Brian Tracy
Set goals, work hard, trust yourself, and only stress over what you can control. -- Sadie Calvano
Put yourself in the hands of the universe-then you will have no need for control. -- Deepak Chopra
You'll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you're still the one in control. -- Jodi Picoult
To me, with age, everything has gotten better. You have way more control; you know yourself better. -- Michelle Obama
Why do you still feel the need to punish yourself for something that was out of your control? -- Faith Sullivan
Maturity: knowing where you're crazy, trying to warn others of the fact and striving to keep yourself under control. -- Alain de Botton
Control yourself, it is not worth it. You will regret your rudeness afterwards, your sensitive nature will be troubled -- Leila Aboulela
When you REACT you are giving away your power. When you RESPOND you are staying in control of yourself. -- Bob Proctor
Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you? -- John C. Maxwell
There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control. -- Rafael Nadal
You will free yourself from the cumbersome impossibilities of needing to control the world, your friends, your mate, your children.... -- Rhonda Byrne
Yes, you are nosy. You're a dreadfully nosy, horribly bossy, appallingly clean old woman. Control yourself. You're victimizing us all. -- Diana Wynne Jones
Managing your time really means managing yourself. If your time is out of control, it means you are out of control. -- Douglas Merrill
If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself! -- Napoleon Hill
Self-compassion-being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure-is associated with more motivation and better self-control. -- Kelly McGonigal
By taking control of the present, you are choosing to alter the past you are making for yourself, and your future too. -- Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
The more you try to control something, the more it controls you. Free yourself, and let things take their own natural course. -- Leon Brown
That is relinquishing control in a culture that prioritizes control and doing what you need to do in order to advance yourself. -- David Platt
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...remind yourself that the only thing you can truly control is you - and your reaction to what the world throws at you. -- Patrick M. Regan
When you resort to shouting in conflict, you are reacting in the flesh. You have lost control of the only person you can control: yourself. -- Neil T Anderson
Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself. -- Deborah Reber
Release yourself from the power you've invested in your mirror and those around you - take control of who you are and how you feel! -- Denise Austin
If you don't forgive those who have hurt you, you give them power of you. When you forgive you are in control of yourself and emotions. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
If you keep your eye on the doughnut and do your work, that's all you can control. You can't control any of what's out there, outside yourself. -- David Lynch
You're really playing against yourself. You have to learn what you can control and what you can't, and not let what you can't control affect your confidence. -- Mike Richter
The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unpredictable. -- Spike Jonze
Face your fear, empty yourself, trust your own voice, let go of control, have faith in outcomes, connect with a larger purpose, derive meaning from the struggle. -- Kano Jigoro
I am very mistrustful of people who are constantly over intellectualising things. It kills passion. You have to allow yourself to lose control from time to time. -- Eric Cantona
Stick with your own perception of yourself-living in your own world-and letting your reality, not the reality presented by other people or particular situations, control your performance. -- John Eliot
Because I've learned that you can't control what other people are going to think about you. The best you can do in life is not piss yourself off. -- Megan McCafferty
Happiness is really just about four things: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness (number and depth of your relationships), and vision/meaning (being part of something bigger than yourself). -- Tony Hsieh
If you manage yourself, you control the flow of your time to the right direction. It takes self-discipline to be at the center of control for your own time. -- Israelmore Ayivor
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Be purposeful in your actions. Be mindful to keep your behavior in alignment with your goals. Remember, you can refine, improve, and enhance yourself; all other control is illusory. -- Steve Maraboli

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