Quotes About Control

Sometimes people don't want to be empowered because they are afraid of being the person to make the decisions.

I put my own money up when I have a vision and believe in something. If you want a company to put money into something, then most of the time, they want to water your project down. When it's your money, it's your vision from the beginning to the end result.

No one ever gets to write their ending, write their final script.

I like to enforce myself in the run game. It's something I have control over.

I do not like government-sponsored enterprises.

Men feel they have a sense of power and entitlement over women.

The EPA has a history of overreaching its authority.

Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased.

I have control of my recurrent corneal erosion, as opposed to it having control of me.

People don't know that the very reason the police were made was to oversee slaves; they would be called overseers, and if a slave got out of line or tried to break away and escape, these were the people to hold them in and bring them back.

It is the nature of government and of technology to establish control.

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.

By balancing your breathing, you can control your emotions and calm your mind. From the quiet mind arises the wisdom and insight that help you make good choices.

Consciousness and the brain have a relationship like that of a driver and car. Just as we need a driver if we are to move a car, consciousness must be awake if it is to make good use of the brain.

If our minds are like a garden, then emotions are like the different flowers that bloom and wither in it all year round, according to the season. Emotions sometimes bring dynamism and significant change to our lives, but we must never be led around by them.

In order to be the master of your life, you must first recognize that you are the rightful master of your brain, its owner and operator." - Ilchi Lee

The master of your brain is your soul

When we allow a preconception to rule our behavior, we are actually allowing our past to control our present and future.

No, hijo. Espera. Buscaremos otro... —Ellos mandan, padre. Los nobles mandan. Mandan en el campo, mandan en vuestras tierras y mandan en la ciudad (p. 166)

We are beyond Fate, more powerful than we consider ourselves to be.

I don't want it to be attributed to a loss of control on my part. When I throw you out of the window, I want there to be no doubt the act was deliberate.

I don't want it to be attributed to a loss of control on my part. When I throw you out of the window, I want there to be no doubt the act was deliberate.

Yes I can," Curran snarled. "Listen: this is me telling you what you will not do." I raised the cookbook and tapped him on the nose. Bad cat.