Max Holloway Quotes

I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset.

I understand that people talk, and frankly, I can't control that. There's no point in getting upset over a thing that you can't control. You just have to let it go.

I tend not to worry about things I can't do anything about. It's not in my nature to spend too much time thinking.

I think secretly I've realized after my time on the planet that I have no control over what people feel about me or need from me, so I just have a more laid-back approach in my apologies.

One of the hard lessons to learn in life is that there are some things you can control and some things you can't. If you want a short recipe for being frustrated and miserable, this is it: focus on things you can't control.

Once you accept, truly accept, that stuff will happen to you and there is nothing you can do about it, stress miraculously leaves your life.

The more you feel like you need to fix something, the more you need to not.

Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed.

I don't mind what happens.

Be content with doing calmly the little which depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were not.

When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can be surprisingly simple. We have enormous power not to manipulate the world, but to be happy and to know peace.

We can't control what thoughts and emotions arise within us, nor can we control the universal truth that everything changes. But we can learn to step back and rest in the awareness of what's happening. That awareness can be our refuge.

My biggest problem is what to do about all the things I cant do anything about.

Anger requires energy, something I don't dare waste on what cannot be altered.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

Being cool is when you win, you don't get too happy; and when you lose, you don't get too mad.

We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling.

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life.

Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

The more externally chaotic the world becomes, the more we need sound internal logic, especially when it comes to our emotions.