Quotes About Control

Governments rely on threat and trauma to survive. The easiest populace to rule is weak, poor, superstitious, preferably terrified of what tomorrow may bring

a sneaking feeling that people are wrong when they say human beings can't keep track of the world any more, we have to leave it up to the machines.

Out of all the calls taken, nearly half—I think they say forty-five percent—are from people who are afraid someone else knows data that they don't and is gaining an unfair advantage by it. For all the claims one hears about the liberating impact of the data-net, the truth is that it's wished on most of us a brand-new reason for paranoia.

You can see that the law can both discover and condemn sin, but it has no power to control it.

In 1950, individual investors held 92 percent of U.S. stocks and institutional investors held 8 percent. The roles have flipped, with institutions, now holding 70 percent, predominating, and individuals, now holding 30 percent, playing a secondary role. Simply put, these institutional agents now collectively hold firm voting control over Corporate America. (I

Must manage your thought life daily and then you can manage your life.

Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?

Position is a poor substitute for influence.

You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.

People who lead for selfish reasons seek… Power: They love control and will continue to add value to themselves by reducing the value of others. Position: Titles are their ego food. They continually make sure that others feel their authority and know their rights as a leader. Money: They will use people and sell themselves for financial gain. Prestige: Their looking good is more important to them than their being and doing good.

We cannot choose how many years we will live, but we can choose how much life those years will have. We cannot control the beauty of our face, but we can control the expression on it. We cannot control life's difficult moments, but we can choose to make life less difficult. We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world, but we can control the atmosphere of our minds.

we often place too much emphasis on making decisions and too little on managing the decisions we've already made.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much." —JIM ROHN

I can control my feelings by controlling my thoughts.

if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.

La verdadera medida del liderazgo es la influencia, nada más, nada menos».

Other times leaders have to hold their feelings in check. When I say that leaders should delay their emotions, I'm not suggesting that they deny them or bury them. The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others—not yourself—first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification.

Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower.

Compulsion is the method of slavery; persuasion is the method of free men.

There is definitely a link between ownership and success. You don't get the latter without the former

Yo debo gobernar el reloj, no ser gobernada por él". —Golda Meir

En el control de calidad no nos preocupa el producto, nos preocupa el proceso. Si el proceso es correcto, el producto está garantizado». Lo mismo se aplica a la integridad: garantiza la credibilidad.

The way you take control of the direction of your life is to take responsibility for yourself and your everyday actions.

You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink. If