Quotes About Control

It was alright to be afraid of something, as long as you didn't let the fear control you.

Are you one of those fifty-shades-of-bondage people? I haven't been into that in the past, but I might be willing to try with you. Although I would want to be the one to do the bondaging, while you would have to be the bondagee.

And I don't tell Saff the truth: that my body knows more than my brain does, too, that that's why I starve it.

Where did that incredibly short temper of yours go?!

Lord, I refuse to let my attitude be controlled by regrets and worries that reflect a lack of trust in You. My goal is to take every thought captive and destroy any thought that contradicts my knowledge of You. Through the power of Your Holy Spirit, I pray that You will enable me to do this.

if I've learned anything through all this, it's that you can't build walls around the people you care about. You can't do it to keep them near or to keep them safe. Even if they could stand the prison, that kind of control is still an illusion. To fate, the walls are made of air

I think control is an illusion we build to protect ourselves, and the larger we try to make that circle, the weaker it gets. We can't control our own destinies, much less someone else's. And even the illusion is so fragile, any change can destroy it

You enjoy things less when you are always trying to control things instead of just living.

Whatever,' Jack says, waving his hand, 'I'm sorry you hurt yourself, Salman. You control your own life but you don't want to live with it.' Painted that way, rendered in little swipes, Salman doesn't sound attractive to himself.

Get your filthy hands off the puzzle, you little brats!

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it.

What is the point of worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one's life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment.

Halloween is controllable horror.

You leave that lid screwed on tight, we're gonna die sooner'r later. Best just to set us loose while we still know how to fly.

The worse the leaders are, the more afraid they are of an armed populace

within the same person described ... we have not one or even two but at least three distinct entities. 1. The old sin nature-the root cause of all sin. 2. The new divine nature-which is unable to sin. 3. The believer-who chooses which of the other two will be in control.

All truth meets at the top. This is so because all truth is God's truth. It is not only His truth because He possesses it and He yields sovereign control over it, but also because He is the source and fountainhead of all truth. He is the source of all truth not only because all truth derives from Him but because He is the necessary condition for all apprehension of truth.

The irrational thoughts were the ones with the power to burn holes in your gut.

I'm going to show you all how easy it is to manipulate the human mind once you know how.

The future is dynamic and not fully in your control. Celebrate that fact instead of fighting it, and life gets a lot more interesting. Keep your eyes open, be humble and generous, and save time and attention for the spontaneous, the quirky, and the left field.

She had such control of tone , in her text messages, she was the Edith Wharton of text messaging.

Knowing that it is up to me what happens next. (And knowing when it is out of my hands.)

The audience doesn't like players who seem stressed. They want you to be visibly in control. Theatre is an expression of vitality, but it's also a cave where human beings should feel secure.

Laughter is a whip that keeps us in line. It's horrible to be laughed at against your will. Either you suppress unwelcome laughter or you start controlling it.