Quotes About Control

Nor ought we ever to allow any growing power to acquire such a degree of strength as to be able to tear from us, without resistance, our natural, undisputed rights.

The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while he was chill was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison.

The nation becomes the master of its fate not only when it has many good sons, but also when it possesses enough strength to restrain its bad ones.

Golf is a game of precision, not strength.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.

I felt impotent and out of control, which I really, really hate. I had to find sanctuary in a place where I could gather my thoughts and regain my strength.

We all have to recognise - no matter how great our strength - that we must deny ourselves the licence to do always as we please.

The strength of the genie comes from being in a bottle.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

Some people can never learn to ski powder snow without exerting tremendous effort and strength because they allow their rational, left-brain hemisphere to control the entire situation.

You are the creator of your own destiny

O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.

Memory is a drug. Memory can hold you against your strength and against your will.

Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves.

Strength that goes wrong is even more dangerous than weakness that goes wrong.

Arrogance follows distribution strength.

The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.

The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.

It's what you do to yourself when you go mad with rage. You have no idea how much you can hurt yourself with your own strength.

It is, at the most basic level, a bundle of contradictions: a desire for power that strips you of all power. A gesture of strength that divests you of all strength.

That was Pele's strength - holding people off with his arm.

You have to control, focus and temper the strength. Uncontrolled strength is usually an explosion. Sometimes on the other hand let it explode and pick up the pieces.