Quotes About Control

When the rich grow afraid, they get nasty.

Just thugs only ever got so far. The best thugs were all psychologists.

Language is the continuation of coercion by other means.

We could take his gag away , thought Isaac, and he wouldn't scream . . . but then he might speak . . . He left the gag in place.

A few mad exaggerations, alright, within a couple of days: swear to fucking god, they were like throwing grenades and pulling out all kinds of crazy knackery, it was out of control. Whatever. As if the story, if big enough, reflected glory on the teller.

The thing is," Deeba said, eyeing Mr. Speaker, "you could only make words do what you want if it was just you deciding what they mean. But it isn't. It's everyone else, too. Which means you might want to give them orders, but you aren't in control. No one is.

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The dead are way more organized than the living.

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.

Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.

He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

The most awful thing about power is not that it corrupts absolutely but that it makes people so utterly boring, so predictable.

What kind of power was it if it would never be used?

The emperor would prefer the poet to keep away from politics, the emperor's domain, so that he can manage things the way he likes.

Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit -- in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.

Anxiety = Uncertainty x Powerlessness

So how can you avoid letting these subtle emotions get the best of you? Get some distance.

It's realizing that I can do this. I'm in charge.

action triggers have unexpected value. Gollwitzer says that when people predecide, they "pass the control of their behavior on to the environment." Gollwitzer says that action triggers "protect goals from tempting distractions, bad habits, or competing goals.

What looks like a people problem is often a situation problem. And no matter what your role is, you've got some control over the situation.

Lots of things are out of our control. But the goal is to be wise about the things that are under our control. And one thing we can control is how we define the ultimate victory and the small victories that lead up to it.

You'll direct the Rider, motivate the Elephant, and shape the Path.

Self-control is an exhaustible resource

Success emerges from the quality of the decisions we make and the quantity of luck we receive. We can't control luck. But we can control the way we make choices.