Take Control Quotes

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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You build walls & boundaries when you give into your mind. Fear nothing & take control of who you are & who you are meant to be

Joel Brown

Success, Wall, Giving

Twitter post from Mar 10, 2017

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If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

Mario Andretti

Inspirational, Funny, Life

"Driving With Mario Andretti, Who at 76, Still Refuses to Slow Down". Interview with Sam Smith, www.roadandtrack.com. June 24, 2016.

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Take advantage and control the moment. Don't let the moment take control of you.

Michael Bivins

Moments, Advantage

Source: www.cyinterview.com

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Anger is a valid emotion. It's only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you don't want to do.

Ellen Hopkins

Anger, Want, Emotion

Ellen Hopkins (2013). “Fallout”, p.490, Simon and Schuster

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Trust your instincts, and take control.

John Houston

Motivation, Instinct, Trust Your Instincts

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Most people are defined by their titles, their cars, their house, where they came from, their color, their race, their religion. And so it's up to you to take control of your own life and define you. As long as you understand who you are and you have a solid foundation of understanding what your talents are, what your skills are.

Stedman Graham

Race, Color, Skills

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Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Angelina Jolie

Cancer, Choices, Challenges

"Angelina Jolie's mastectomy account raises awareness of gene testing" by Ed Pilkington and Haroon Siddique, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2013.

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Be yourself, take control of your life.

Emma Bunton

Life, Being Yourself, Inspire

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I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

Sherri Shepherd

Way, Knows

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Stop it now and take control. Write this on a card and pin it up where you can see it... MY THOUGHTS CONTROL MY LIFE!

Peter A. Cohen

Writing, Law Of Attraction, Cards

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I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.

Taylor Hackford

Ego, Cameras, Fronts

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman, whose experience as a failed vice presidential candidate, half-term governor and eight-episode reality star has fully prepared her to take control of our nuclear arsenal.

Stephen Colbert

Stars, Believe, Reality

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The transfer is a monumental occasion as the Iraqi people take control of their government and their future and forge ahead with creating a society governed by the tenets of life, liberty and freedom.

Jim Gerlach

Government, Creating, People

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Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.

Robert Foster Bennett

Life, Motivational, Choices Made

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Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom.

Jim DeMint

Rights, Government, Creating

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It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers… They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits. At some stage therefore, we should have to expect the machines to take control.

Alan Turing

Thinking, Should Have, Long

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I hate foreplay, I want to get straight to the point. My favourite position is on top so I can take control.

Melissa Satta

Hate, Want, Favourite

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Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

Tony Robbins

Life, Change, Motivation

Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.520, Simon and Schuster

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You just have to take control of your own performance.

Damian Lewis

Performances

"'Homeland' Damian Lewis, David Harewood Q&A". Interview With Morgan Jeffery, www.digitalspy.com. February 13, 2012.

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All of Africa's resources should be declared resources of the state and managed by the nation. Our experience in Bolivia shows that when you take control of natural resources for the people of the town and village, major world change is possible.

Evo Morales

People, Towns, Bolivia

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When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard.

River Phoenix

Kids, Vegetarianism, Bully

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

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In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Tony Robbins

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.

Anais Nin

Inspirational, Anger, Sister In Law

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It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.

Oprah Winfrey

Change, Dream, Spiritual

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