John C. Maxwell Quotes

I just try to do what I can, control what I can, and let the rest handle itself.

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a point, he will contemplate something else instead.

Never worry about things That you are unable to change. Change your own way Of looking at truth.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

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 just try to control what I can control.

I've learned since childhood that you control only the things that you can control. Everything else, let it take care of itself.

I just control what I control.

The event is not what you should be working on. You should be working on your response or reaction to an event. You either react to it - that means you become victimized, and you say this thing is happening to you - or you respond to it and say the solution must come through you - that's where you stay focused, not on the rightness, wrongness, fairness of the event, but on the appropriateness of your response.

I don't control life, but I can control how i react to it

All it takes is a simple choice, a simple decision: no matter what happens, I will create no more pain for myself. I will create no more problems.

What I can control is how I react. I can't control anything else.

Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?

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.

Meditation state is a place of deep relaxation where you can pinpoint the things you do and to set a paradigm switch from effect to cause. So how to be a cause in your own life.

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.

I try not to worry about things that I can't control.

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

You can only control what you can control.

I've learned to let things roll off my back.

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

If you find yourself plagued by a recurrent worry, train yourself to think of something else. Your conscious mind can concentrate on only one thought at a time, and driving the negativity away will free you up to move forward again.

I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by.

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