Quotes About Control

The average american spends six months of his or her life waiting for red lights to turn green. six months wasted, waiting for permission to move on.

Because I've learned that you can't control what other people are going to think about you. The best you can do in life is not piss yourself off.

Throughout history the cross stands as a symbol of protest and revolt; protest against all claims, whether by religious or political power, to absolute unquestioning control over human minds and bodies; revolt against all systems and ideologies, all regimes and institutions, which continue to push individuals and groups beyond the pale, outside the gate.

History is written by the victors, which is certainly true, but it's also written by the wealthy and the literate.

If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me.

Is there any other situation in life where people feel so free to tell you what to do, short of checking you in to rehab?

Americans' embrace of the "natural approach" is a rebuke to the dominant social structures of our time—Big Pharma, Big Medicine, Big Tech. But in a crucial way it is also in thrall to one of the most powerful contemporary Western delusions: namely, the idea that we can control the outcomes of our lives, in this case through self-purification.

Time doesn't obey our commands. You cannot make it holy just because it is disappearing.

In 2019, a study of patients at a clinic in Iran found that "laughter yoga"—gentle yoga that includes laughing—was more effective than anti-anxiety medication in controlling symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, which are worsened by stress.

To gulp down anger is the most courageous act one can perform. One who does it becomes humble.

If I were to ask the famous Henry Ford to come over here and do what I tell him to do, would he do it? Never! But if I were to make a thousand-year-old corpse come alive before his eyes, he would jump at the chance to stay here and wash my clothes!

A free horse where there is no man on its saddle always looks more beautiful than a slave horse with a man on its saddle!

Are you a King? Are you an Emperor? Can you stop the days passing by? If you cannot, you are nothing!

Declare not war against your emotions, or prepare for the inevitable defeat!

Everything is a slave of something else: Clouds, of the winds; men, of the desires; universe, of the chaos; shadows, of the light.

Give your freedom to someone or to something and then look at yourself what have you got? I tell you, you've got nothing left!

He who believes in the fate accepts the collar in his neck!

He who loves a dictator is much more dangerous than the dictator himself.

Here is a good reply of a clever horse to the man who tries to ride and control it: Throwing him into the air!

Men like the kings and the queens because men are weak! No strong man accepts any king or queen!

Men need discipline! Countries need discipline! World needs discipline! He who wants to be successful needs discipline! Be a man of discipline!

Much sooner than we think, comes the end! Science is the only master who can change this.

My faith is that I don't believe in fate! We are not puppets or zombies of destiny. We are the main painters of our life's canvas.

No man can claim to be free in real terms unless he is fully in control of his own destiny!