Quotes About Control

Every time we are upset, we must admit to ourselves that we have chosen to be upset, no one has made us upset.

As victims, we aren't responsible for our lives. We blame someone else. However, this statement is true for me, and it's true for every one else: My life is my responsibility

No matter what label we give the feeling, we have willingly put ourselves in the victim role, and have given the person or situation that wronged us control over our feelings, our serenity, our emotional sobriety, and, if we are alcoholic, possibly even our physical sobriety. The seeming pleasure of holding a resentment isn't worth all that.

Add the fact that we so-called normal people frequently allow other people and situations to control our emotions (and thereby our thinking and behavior), and the difference between us and them begins to blur.

This surrendering of emotional control often gets alcoholics drunk. (Or at least serves as an excuse for drinking.) It also seriously detracts from the quality of life of non-alcoholics. And it is almost completely unnecessary.

I blame my emotional state on what is happening outside me rather than admitting that at every moment of every day, consciously or unconsciously, I exercise a choice as to my mood and how I am going to feel.

In order to maintain their sobriety, recovering alcoholics can not afford to let others control how they feel.

I find myself writing this manuscript and talking to others about controlling feelings when I'm not always able to control my own. At times, not only can I not control my feelings, I can't control my thinking or my actions.

They displayed more emotional independence, more emotional sobriety, more maturity. I, on the other hand, allowed a person whose actions I didn't like to control my emotional sobriety.

An attitude of total acceptance and peace of mind doesn't come naturally to me. I must remain diligently on guard to prevent my feelings, thoughts and actions from being controlled by people and circumstances. My serenity, like finely spun glass, is extremely fragile. My natural tendency is to find fault, see the defect, disapprove, then not accept what I see. I completely forget that acceptance does not imply approval.

I'm not saying God predetermines everything. I'm saying He or She has known all along that things would turn out as they have. God is not surprised. God is all-knowing, not all-controlling. Man does have free will.

children who themselves have learned the art of manipulation and control, and you have the setup for chaos.

No matter what label we give the feeling, we have willingly put ourselves in the victim role, and have given the person or situation that wronged us control over our feelings, our serenity, our emotional sobriety, and, if we are alcoholic, possibly even our physical sobriety.

It's the difference between control and influence. We give up trying to control our partner's behavior. Instead, we try to influence their behavior in a positive direction. We do this by exercising choices in the way we act and in the way we communicate with them.

The more you try to control another person, the more you are under that person's control." If how you feel or what you do next depends on what the person you are trying to control does or does not do next, then you are under that person's control.

My compulsive thoughts aren't even thoughts, they're absolute certainties and obeying them isn't a choice.

The presence of the policeman around the corner is the only thing that keeps us civilised.

And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly.

What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know the decisions we make right now really dramatically impact us in the future, and the debt is literally getting out of our control.

The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.

Dissent has been crushed, and freedom is a memory, all in the name of peace and order.

Strong emotions serve only to slow effective action.

Elders say that too much technology makes us slaves all over again.

Underlings should always be uncomfortable in the presence of their superiors