Mike McCready Quotes

I am not driven.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

You control what you can control.

Faith is a way of going within and creating a sense of control over one's life at any given moment.

I'm grateful I've got my mind. I can take care of my own business.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.

There's a lot around us that we can't control, but my body, my mind, and my soul are pretty much the only things that I can.

I can control what I can control. I just focus on me, and that's it.

Being able to control your mind is a beautiful thing.

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.

At the end of the day, all I can do is control me and what comes out of my mouth.

I have confidence in my ability, and I try to isolate myself from everything going on around me.

An unreflective mind is a poor roof. Passion, like the rain, floods the house. But if the roof is strong, there is shelter. Whoever follows impure thoughts Suffers in this world and the next. In both worlds he suffers And how greatly.

You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.

Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.

Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance.

By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.

You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you.

The greatest possession is self-possession.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.