Quotes About Control

and thought of the painting of the little boat ploughing a course through dark seas towards the line of light. It had seemed to me then to represent elemental forces over which we had no control; now I see it as a brave little vessel buoyed up by beliefs and hopes, crewed by comrades and lovers, propelled by courage in the face of apparently overwhelming odds.

ACOAs often develop an external locus of control, believing that something outside of themselves will decrease the emptiness or the pain they feel inside. Thoughts such as "If the house is clean enough, I will be good enough" or "If I win the big one at the casino, I will be somebody important" are attempts to control blocked pain and fear.

In the good old days few people questioned the idea that Dad's decisions were final. Because of the human rights movement, this is no longer true. Rudolf Dreikurs pointed out, "When Dad lost control of Mom, they both lost control of the children." All this means is that Mom quit giving the children a model of submissiveness.

True discipline guides, teaches, and invites healthy behavior. As you may have discovered, you can never really control anyone's behavior but your own, and attempts to control your child usually create more problems and power struggles.

He studied her flushed face. Last night she'd been pale like porcelain, a creamy alabaster, but tonight she burned. She glowed. Her dark blue eyes shone, her cheeks flushed a hot feverish pink. She needed a firm hand. She could use a calming hand. How convenient. He had two.

Please don't tell me to relax it's only my tension that's holding me together.

Wake me up when everything is organized.

I'd like to show you who's the boss, but I'm afraid it would only confirm that you are.

Respect and fear are two different things.

Führer Kontakt it was called, an intense magnetic hold that made the person with him believe, just for that moment, that he or she was the only one in the room. A hypnotic force that dazzled, empowered, and enslaved.

It's incredible how enormous actions can turn on the whim of a single man.

Even the famously unsporty Hitler liked to carry a riding whip in his hand.

I began to listen to myself more... Trusting myself, I discovered, meant giving up control over my decisions. The choice came from me, but not from the part of me that used to decide—the mind that weighed, the mind that projected scenarios, the mind that controlled.

I plan to starve you into submission,' he growled, nuzzling her breast.

I can see that the Lady has a genius for ruling, whilst I have a genius for not being ruled.

Living in the edge - that's what I feel like when I don't know what my bowels are going to do next.

Living on the edge - that's what I feel like when I don't know what my bowels are going to do next.

You've got some power," Jakkin said. "One hug—and the lights go out!

The thing I want to know is, if you tell your brain not to do stuff... and it keeps doing it anyway, does that mean your mind has a mind of its own? And if it does, then who's in charge here, anyway?

He groaned in mounting desire. "You're a dangerous woman, Calinda Braxton," he murmured hoarsely. "So are you, Lynx Cardone," she replied in a strained voice as she pushed away from him, fighting to regain control of herself. He caught her face between his hands, drilling his smoldering gaze into her matching one. "I want you, Cal," he stated simply. -Lynx & Calinda

Rape is a crime of violence and sex is the weapon.

diaphragm, heavy and unassailable by digestive

Gods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible.

I like the way you've let your hair go curly," he finally said. "Suits your personality. Lots of energy, not much control, sexy as hell," Joe Morelli to Stephanie Plum