„You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.“

„The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.“

—  Albert Ellis American psychologist 1913 - 2007

„You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.“

—  Dale Carnegie, book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Source: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

„Your being born makes your parents God. You owe them your life, and they can control you. Then puberty makes you Satan, just because you want something better.“

—  Chuck Palahniuk, book Invisible Monsters

Source: Invisible Monsters

„You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.“

—  Eleanor Roosevelt American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States 1884 - 1962

„It's not Cowardly to make a choice about what you want your life to be. Choosing what's right for you, maybe that's the bravest thing you can do.“

—  Cassandra Clare American author 1973

Source: Angels Twice Descending

„Are you aware of your inner signals? Do you trust them? Do you have the focus of control over your life in your own hands? Take this from me, the more decisions you can make avoiding external pressures, which will constantly try to manipulate and immobilise you, the better your life will be, the better your society will become. The entire nation will benifit from having strong, inner-directed people as their leaders.“

—  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, book Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 175.

„You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.“

—  Isabel Allende Chilean writer 1942

„If you can change your mind, you can change your life.“

—  William James American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist 1842 - 1910

„You have a list of things that you want to do in life—to own your own house, to own your own car, to own your own yacht. [Making] wine was on my list, because it has a particular glamour to it.“

—  Luis Miguel Puerto Rican singer; music producer 1970

http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/Wine-Talk-Luis-Miguel_3307
Interview with Wine Spectator, 2006

„Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.“

—  Nora Roberts, Vision in White

Source: Vision in White

„That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version.“

—  Chuck Palahniuk American novelist, essayist 1962

Source: Stranger than Fiction

„People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.“

—  Elizabeth Gilbert, book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love (2006)
Context: People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master…

„Once you know what it is in life that you want to do, then the world basically becomes your library. Everything you view, you can view from that perspective, which makes everything a learning asset for you.“

—  Kobe Bryant American basketball player 1978 - 2020

„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 American psychologist 1951

„In order to be the master of your life, you must first recognize that you are the rightful master of your brain, its owner and operator.“

—  Ilchi Lee South Korean businessman 1950

Source: Human Technology: A Toolkit for Authentic Living

„I can accept no responsibility for any changes in your existence, miraculous or otherwise. You must take responsibility for your own life. You must have your own life because if you haven’t had at least that, what have you had?“

—  Martin Firrell British artist and activist 1963

Quoted in What’s On in London (15 August 2001).

„In life there's stuff you can control and stuff you can't. There's nothing you can do about it. No point getting angry and upset because it's beyond your control. As a professional athlete, you learn to roll with the punches.“

—  Sania Mirza Indian tennis player 1986

Source: Prajwal Hegde I am enjoying my partnership with Cara Black: Sania Mirza http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/I-am-enjoying-my-partnership-with-Cara-Black-Sania-Mirza/articleshow/23377486.cms, The Times of India, 2 October 2013

„You like to imagine yourself in control of your fate, consciously planning the course of your life as best you can. But you are largely unaware of how deeply your emotions dominate you. They make you veer toward ideas that soothe your ego. They make you look for evidence that confirms what you already want to believe. They make you see what you want to see, depending on your mood, and this disconnect from reality is the source of the bad decisions and negative patterns that haunt your life. Rationality is the ability to counteract these emotional effects, to think instead of react, to open your mind to what is really happening, as opposed to what you are feeling. It does not come naturally; it is a power we must cultivate, but in doing so we realize our greatest potential.“

—  Robert Greene American author 1959

Chap. 1 : Master Your Emotional Self
The Laws of Human Nature (2018)

„You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.“

—  Atul Gawande, book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End