Quotes About Control

As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand. – Jeremiah 18:6

He is Lord of all. – Acts 10:36

Our ability to influence the world is directly proportional to our knack for managing our own lives

No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?

The federal government operates pretty much in line with the quip, "If it moves, tax it; if you can't tax it, control it; if you can't control it, give it a million dollars.

The difference between "active" and "busy" is that the former includes reflection and is directed, whereas the busy life feels out of control and does not seem purposeful or meaningful.

He was an animal. A graceful, hard, male animal who did nothing overtly to dominate her yet dominated her completely, in the exact way she wanted that to happen at this moment.

The individual then responds to the manipulations through developing what I shall call the psychology of the pawn. Feeling unable to escape from forces more powerful than any individual, one subordinates everything to adapting to them.

The code word for me will be....Bind them, torture them, kill them, B.T.K." – Dennis Rader

As we've already mentioned, the main premise of the worrier is that things are uniformly dangerous. No risks can be tolerated. It is here, in the mind of the worrier, that the four rules of anxiety come into play: detect danger, catastrophize danger, control all the circumstances, and avoid discomfort. Sticking to this set of rules greatly interferes with one's ability to assess risks in a balanced and rational way.

That he has an unconquerable spirit, that he has great courage, that he is fearless, that he takes responsibility for his actions, and that he has self-discipline. Discipline means that he has the rigor to develop control and mastery over his mind and over his body, and that he has the capacity to withstand pain, both psychological and physical. He is willing to suffer to achieve what he wants to achieve.

Simplicity, like all virtues, is valuable because it is useful. I have come to understand that making life simpler does for our minds what getting in shape does for our bodies. It makes us feel more in control, more centered, more effective. And as with getting into shape, you have to want it sincerely, and you have to work at it consciously every day.

If you can't turn off your thoughts, who cares how soft your pillow is?" - David King

Police, you under arrest!

Let there be light! said God, and there was light! Let there be blood! says man, and there's a sea!

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

We feel the machine slipping from our handsas if someone else were steering;if we see the light at the end of the tunnel,it's the light of the oncoming train.

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is just fine as long as its contained.

Hate and love are essentially the same in that the person who loves is as easily manipulated as a person who hates

One peep out of you, and I'll use you for a U-bend under my bathroom sink, holes or no holes, savvy?

Organized crime?" I blinked. "It's like government, kid, " Aahz supplied. "Only more effective.

a feat which is not unlike tryin' to hold a large beach ball under water while doin' needlepoint

I think all men recognize that in time of war the citizen must surrender some rights for the common good which he is entitled to enjoy in time of peace. But, sir, the right to control their own government according to constitutional forms is not one of the rights that the citizens of this country are called upon to surrender in time of war.

the reason for Diocletian's hasty retreat around 304 AD. Most historians assumed it had something to do with the unceasing political struggles in the Roman senate—his rival Galerius had been restive, and it was plain he meant to seize the reins of power—and Diocletian may have felt the need to hurry back home to exert his control once again, though that theory was contradicted by his almost immediate retirement once he got there.