Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

Merely having thoughts is one thing. Consciously feeding them is quite another. You are powerful all the time, by way of your attention and intention. The question is, Toward what are you pointing that power?

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.

There is but one power to which I can yield a heart felt obedience, the decision of my own understanding, the dictate of my own conscience

Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you.

The only thoughts we have control over are our own.

If you had a thought once, it has no power over you. Repeat it again and again, especially with emotional intensity, feeling it, and over time, you're creating the grooves, the mental river. Then it controls you.

The only power fear has is the power you give it.

...there is only one thing that has power completely, and this is love. Because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.

When it comes to you and the inner workings of your mind, no one has the power or authority to save you the way you can save yourself.

You have absolute control over but one thing, and that is your thoughts. This is the most significant and inspiring of all facts known to man! It reflects man's Divine nature. This Divine prerogative is the sole means by which you may control your own destiny. If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else. p. 173

Who is there left for me to fear, and over what has he control? Not what is in my power, because no one controls that except myself. As for what is not in my power, in that I take no interest.