Control Myself Quotes

• I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

  Pietro Aretino

  Motivational, Kings, Responsibility

  Pietro Aretino (1926). “The Works of Aretino: Biography: de Sanctis. The letters. The sonnets. Appendix”

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• In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivational, Powerful, Order

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.180, Tuttle Publishing

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• My key to living an inspired life involves Embracing my history, Understanding the function of expectations and gently learning to have none; Recognizing the power of attentive and conscious choices. In all circumstances I acknowledge this, IN ALL THINGS AND ALL WAYS, I HAVE CHOICE. My choice resides in my perspective. While I certainly do not control climate and markets and roadways and others, I do control myself and my response to all those circumstances. I do indeed.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Learning, Keys, Expectations

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• Love is very much perceived as "I couldn't control myself; it's love." But you can. Everything you do in response is a choice.

  Natalie Portman

  Love Is, Choices, Response

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• If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.

  Stephen Covey

  Freedom, Positive Thinking, Empowerment

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.106, Mango Media Inc.

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• I try to walk like Christ in my life. If I strike out, I don't curse, or throw my bat or hit things back in the dugout, I try to quietly just put my helmet back. I may be very upset but I try to control myself.

  Torii Hunter

  Upset, Trying, Bats

  "Los Angeles Angels outfielder Torii Hunter on how his faith helps him set a good example". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. June 2011.

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• I was trying to control myself because I wanted to just park the car and jump out and do cartwheels. The next dream is to win the world championship.

  Lewis Hamilton

  Dream, Winning, Car

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• If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control-myself. I can stop trying to shape up my wife and can work on my own weaknesses. I can focus an being a great marriage partner, a source of unconditional love and support. Hopefully, my wife will feel the power of proactive example and respond in kind. But, whether she does or doesn't, the most positive way I can influence my situation is to work on myself, on my being.

  Stephen Covey

  Unconditional Love, Wife, Focus

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• I have to take total control myself. I can't let anybody else do anything, for I find that I can do things better for me. I don't want to get other people playing with what they think that I'm trying to do.

  David Bowie

  Thinking, People, Trying

  David Bowie (2016). “David Bowie: The Last Interview”, p.31, Melville House

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• I think people were a little nervous to work with me to start with, because the movies I've done they thought that I wouldn't be able to control myself at all. I'd have to blow up the cars or something like that, and I think also people are scared of working sometimes with feature directors, because they feel like you're not going to listen to their opinions.

  Paul W. S. Anderson

  Blow, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

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• I started to be much happier in my relationships when I realized that I can only control myself. That way, you don't worry about people and don't waste your time thinking, 'What if he cheats on me?' You can't control that.

  Crystal Reed

  Thinking, People, Worry

  "Exclusive Interview: Teen Wolf's Crystal Reed". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. May 27, 2011.

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• The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.

  Milos Forman

  Character, Thinking, Self

  The George Washington University Interview, nsarchive2.gwu.edu. January 18, 1997.

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• I like to play fast. I get excited, and I have to sort of control myself, restrain myself. But when the rhythm section gets cooking, I want to explode.

  Johnny Griffin

  Play, Cooking, Want

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• I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes and clothes and make-up. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to wear things over and over again.

  Hilary Duff

  Shoes, Clothes, Kind

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My biggest thing is banana pudding, but it's the devil! So no one is allowed to bring it into my house. Because I can't control myself. So why put it in my domain?

  Jennifer Hudson

  House, Devil, Pudding

  "Jennifer Hudson: This Girl is on Fire". Interview with Jancee Dunn, www.redbookmag.com. November 13, 2012.

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• But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Winning, Wells, Position

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• CONTROL MYSELF?!! I'm a MONSTER! Monsters don't control themselves! That's the whole IDEA!

  Jeff Smith

  Ideas, Monsters, Whole

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• Be still,” he said, voice harsh. “I might not be able to control myself if you step away.

  Deborah Harkness

  Voice, Might, Able

  Deborah Harkness (2014). “All Souls Trilogy”, p.156, Penguin

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• I'm not a big power-and-strength guy, but I have a lot of balance, and I can take hits and stay on my feet. I control myself real good, shift my weight, and run real low. I do things that people haven't seen some of the running backs in the league do.

  Marshall Faulk

  Football, Running, Real

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• This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long.

  Celia Johnson

  Long, Despair, Trying

  "Fictional character: Laura Jesson". "Brief Encounter", www.imdb.com. 1945.

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• I made my share of mistakes. People can look at that as what not to do, and if they choose to make fun of it, that's fine. I can't control that. All I know is that I can control myself. And at that point in my life, I wasn't even able to do that.

  Tiger Woods

  Fun, Mistake, People

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• I don't read reviews, as a rule. I can't, because I can't control myself. But I've heard that [the Duplasses] were happy, so that's good.

  Amanda Peet

  Reviews, Because I Can, Heard

  "Amanda Peet and Steve Zissis discuss what the second season holds for Togetherness". Interview with Gwen Ihnat, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2016.

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