Benjamin Franklin on control
“While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.”
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Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
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Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins.
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A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen There is hardly a better way to avoid discussion than by releasing an argument from the control of the present and by saying that only the future will reveal its merits.
Hannah ArendtHannah Arendt Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.
Roy T. BennettRoy T. Bennett My mom’s hot. I mean she’s old, but my mom’s out of control.
Paul WalkerPaul Walker Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
James AllenJames Allen Woman wants control, man self-control.
Immanuel KantImmanuel Kant The More Conscious You Become, The More Mastery You Have Over Your Own Life.
SadhguruSadhguru Brevity is the soul of command.
XenophonXenophon
