Quotes About Control

This is my mind. Only I have the right to be here.

The chances of a submission hold being successfully applied are much higher when done from a dominating and controlling position.

Stella couldn't help but smile. It felt good to have someone take control of her well-being, to be able to share the emotional weight of supporting her and stepping up in ways she didn't expect.

We've talked about this," she said matter-of-factly. "I'm on lease. Nobody's purchased me, so therefore no one needs to be 'checking up on me.

Historians and economists are very good at creating and perpetuating myths that justify increasing the power placed in the hands of government.

From cradle to grave, the Religious Right is concerned about every choice you make.

For decades I've been told by my adversaries in the Religious Right that they only seek a "place at the table" for their Christian worldview—well, their version of Christianity, that is. But evidence has mounted recently that what they really want is something else entirely: to own the table, determine what goes on it, and force-feed everyone the same gruel they consume.

If you can't solve a problem, manage it.

Loyalty is a very fine thing, but it shouldn't be allowed to get the bit between its teeth. I

A schedule broken at will becomes a mere procession of vagaries.

Sai benissimo in cosa consista la vita, è fatta di qualità umane, tra le quali c'è un controllo dignitoso e intelligente degli appetiti che condividiamo con i cani. Un uomo non divora una carcassa o ulula su una collina dall'alba al tramonto; mangia cibo ben cucinato, se può permetterselo, e in quantità moderata, e adatta con saggezza i propri ardori alla convenienza.

He'll listen to me because he has to, or fire me, and he can't fire me because then he would never do any work at all and would eventually starve to death.

The only difference between me and most people is that I'm perfectly aware that all my important decisions are made for me by my subconscious. My frontal lobes are just kidding themselves that they decide anything at all. All they do is think up reasons for the decisions that are already made." [ Life magazine, December 10, 1965]

However, Saudi Arabia quickly discovered what the rest of the world would soon learn. Fundamentalism, in all religious traditions, is impervious to suppression. The more one tries to squelch it, the stronger it becomes. Counter it with cruelty, and it gains adherents. Kill its leaders, and they become martyrs. Respond with despotism, and it becomes the sole voice of opposition. Try to control it, and it will turn against you. Try to appease it, and it will take control.

You can master your fears. But first you have to know them.

Nothing can prevent your picture from coming into concrete form except the same power which gave it birth – yourself.

If people believe they can be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and they have no control over outside circumstances, those thoughts of fear, separation, and powerlessness, if persistent, can attract them to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

thinking you have no control over something, or when you find yourself hoping something will turn out well, remember that there's no chance for the law of attraction – you will get what you're thinking and feeling. Gratitude helps protect you from attracting what you don't want – bad outcomes – and it ensures you get what you do want – Magnificent Outcomes!

La mente se comporta como un enemigo para aquellos que no la controlan".

In the future, if life presents you with a challenging situation that you think you have no control over, and you're at a loss as to what to do, instead of worry or fear, turn to the magic of gratitude and be grateful for everything else in your life. When you deliberately thank the goodness in your life, the circumstances around the challenging

You have the power to change anything, because you are the one who chooses your thoughts and you are the one who feels your feelings.

Most people believe that negative situations come from outside of them; they believe that it's either people, circumstances, or events in the world that have caused the negative situations in their life. But nothing is inherently good or bad, as Shakespeare told us: "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

Stop focusing into the problem. Stop wanting it to be more or less. Stop wanting it to go. Stop wanting to change it. Stop wanting to figure it out. Stop wanting to control it. It will naturally collapse when you decide to be Awareness. Everything that is not love collapses in the face of love. Everything that is not real collapses in the face of Awareness.

The amount you give in gratitude is exactly proportional to the amount you receive in return. You control the amount you receive, by the amount of gratitude you give!