Quotes About Control

Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.

If you think you are powerless, then you are

I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.

I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.

It will level the playing field, ... It will give American workers choice, confidence and also control.

The secret of confidence is focusing on what you can control, not on what you can't.

The Statist has constructed a Rube Goldberg array of laws and policies that have institutionalized his objectives. His success breeds confidence in the limitlessness of his endeavors.

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

Manage your life as you manage your money.

This little man was of the order of beings who must not be opposed, unless you possessed an all-dominant force sufficient to crush him at once.

Invest in yourself. Invest in self-discipline. Invest in self-satisfaction. Have complete control over your own thoughts and convictions, and never stop aiming to outdo yourself.

I don't panic unless I have to. Wastes energy.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm and it will turn.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's just deciding that fear isn't calling the shots anymore

We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear.

That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome.

Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain.

Our destinies are our own, if we have the courage to take control of them.

My daddy was the type that if you asked him, "Dad, am I going to get off punishment soon?" - he would extend it. It was like jail.

Let this serve as an axiom to every lover: A woman who refuses lunch refuses everything.

Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn't unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt that wouldn't budge.

Woe and death to all who resist my will!