Quotes About Control

If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.

Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was not used to feeling intimidated. It was rather his job in life to intimidate others.

We therefore tend to rely on willpower alone. This never works because the ideal sequence above is opposed by a stronger and more primitive one: Stimulus – Reaction. Without the right structures to keep it under control, Stimulus – Reaction will always tend to overwhelm Thought – Decision – Action.

The problem that this amount of random activity causes is that it's not just what gets done that is random – what doesn't get done is random too. This means that whether something gets done or not is as much a matter of chance as of rational decision.

Putin je milosrdný autokrat. Nechce vás zabít - pokud ho k tomu nedonutíte.

An ambitious judge is a dangerous animal.

The only person who had any control was Jonathan Harris. His character was so flamboyant that he was able to make things happen. My character was fairly one-dimensional, so I had my relationship with Dr. Smith and with the family.

I was supposed to have a relationship with Judy, but that never happened. Actors in series didn't have the control that they have today over their jobs.

intervene before the amygdala hits the boiling point, and the person's higher brain can stay in control.

self-identity ("This is who I am and the only way I feel confident, competent, and in control").

Getting your emotions under control isn't just a key to being a great leader like Jim. It's also the most important key to reaching other people, especially in times of stress or uncertainty. It's why a cool and controlled hostage negotiator can get through to someone who seems unreachable

Why do these people behave the way they do? To stay in control. As I mentioned in Chapter 2, irrational people—especially those who are firmly in the grip of crazy—are terrified of losing control.

An irrational person's M.O. is a weapon. However, it's also a weakness because if you can figure out the person's M.O., you can turn this information to your advantage.

When you understand irrational people's M.O.s, it'll be easier for you to realize that their weeping, coldness, whining, withdrawal, or attack-dog behavior isn't really about you. Instead, it's about them and their need to feel in control.

identifying an irrational person's M.O. gives you considerable power over him.

Some are angry because they feel deprived of parental approval or love. Some are frustrated because their parents don't understand them and won't even try. Some resent their parents' attempts to control them, while others resent their indifference. And almost all of them feel guilty for not appreciating those who sacrificed so much to raise them.

To a small extent, these three brains work together. To a greater extent, however, they tend to pull apart and function independently—especially when we're under stress. When that happens and the reptile or mammal brain takes control, the human thinking brain is eclipsed, and we shift into primal brain functions.

The real God...will give us more than we can handle just to show us that only he can handle things.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

If nothing is random, and everything is predetermined, how can there be free will? The answer to that is simple. Nothing is predetermined; it is determined, or was determined, or will be determined.

when you see godless world leaders wreaking havoc, spewing out threats, killing their own people, trampling basic human rights, and fomenting anti-Semitism, remember that even though they are ultimately responsible for their actions, an evil force is at work behind and through them, trying to bring the world under Satan's control.

This means that when you see godless world leaders wreaking havoc, spewing out threats, killing their own people, trampling basic human rights, and fomenting anti-Semitism, remember that even though they are ultimately responsible for their actions, an evil force is at work behind and through them, trying to bring the world under Satan's control.

The closest thing to the human immunodeficiency viruses, Hahn explained, are the simian equivalents, SIVs. But "simian immunodeficiency virus" is a huge misnomer. The virus doesn't harm the immune systems of these natural hosts; they don't even seem to get sick. "If we could figure out how simian immune systems deal with the viruses, we might have a clue to controlling AIDS," she said. "That very hope drives my work.

The rule for your hips is simple: if you're on the bottom, you need to create space; if you're on the top, you need to take away space. You create space by moving the hips as far away from your opponent's hips as possible. You do the opposite if you're on top, you close any distance, you pressure down; you control your opponent's hips with your own.