Quotes About Control

I wish my mind was a dog and I could train it to go sit.

Life comes at us in waves. We can't predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf

You don't need to control emotion," he said. "Emotions are natural, like passing weather. Sometimes it's fear, sometimes sorrow or anger. Emotions are not the problem. The key is to transform the energy of emotion into constructive action.

We all know that life has ups and downs; you've experienced both. And though you can't always control what happens outside you, you can choose how you will respond. You can treat life as a dance rather than a wrestling match. You can become an active participant rather than a victim of circumstance.

There are times to let things happen, and times to make things happen. Now is that time. You will either make things happen, watch what happens, or wonder what happened.

You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.

Softness triumphs over hardness, gentleness over strength. The flexible is superior over the immovable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation. LAO-TZU

one way most of us deal with feelings is to ignore them or pretend they don't exist—to deny them. Then, as the pressure builds, we occasionally experience emotional episodes such as arguments or explosions (and we may later berate ourselves for having "lost control").

As you learn to accept your emotions fully, however, without allowing them to drive or limit your behavior, you'll find it less necessary to change or fix them.

Some of us center our lives around other people's feelings; we try to make them happy. But since you can't control your feelings, how can you possibly fix the feelings of others? The plain truth is that feeling responsible for someone else's unhappiness (or happiness) is simply not realistic

Emotions are like waves on the sea or weather in the skies, rising and passing of their own accord. You cannot control your feelings by an act of intention or will. So you are not responsible for your feelings; only for your response to them. Accept emotions completely, let your feelings be; just don't let them run your life.

Softly, he said, "It is better for you to take responsibility for your life as it is, instead of blaming others, or circumstances, for your predicament. As your eyes open, you'll see that your state of health, happiness, and every circumstance of your life has been, in large part, arranged by you — consciously or unconsciously." "I don't know what you mean, but I don't think I agree with it." "I once knew a guy like you:

As you manage your money, you manage your life.

Recognize that feelings fade unless restimulated, and use this to your advantage. Avoid restimulating undesired feelings.

you see, Dan, when you resist what happens, your mind begins to race ; the thoughts that assail you are actually created by you

Part One, "Naming the Problem," will help you see the full extent of parental control by describing in detail eight styles of controlling parents. You'll be able to determine which of these types—or combination of types—fits one or both of your parents. When you know your parents' styles, you can better recognize the continuing effects of their early control on you.

Part Three, "Solving the Problem," helps you let go of a painful childhood and the lasting effects of unhealthy control so that you can emotionally leave home. We'll explore a broad array of paths to healing, along with exercises you may find helpful. This section will help you design your own healing process, at your own speed, in a way that suits you best.

Controlling families are particularly difficult for sensitive children, who experience emotional blows and limits on their freedom especially acutely. Sensitive children also tend to blame themselves for family problems.

Humanity had become as blasé about sharing their lives with potential AI monitoring as pre-Civil War Old Earth USA-southern families had been about speaking in front of their human slaves.

Las Parcas crearon e inicialmente controlaron el artefacto físico conocido como Alcaudón.

And then you'll do what I say? "Yes." "Take us where I'll tell you to?" "Yes." "No hidden overrides?" "None that I know of.

Perhaps Nemes and her kind will keep it in a zoo to hunt it when they are bored.

All humans feed on violence, on the small exercises of power over another, but few have tasted—as we have—the ultimate power.

Ogni forma di violenza è potere, signor Luczak.