Quotes About Control

The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.

there's nothing more powerful than human fear—not magic, not vampire strength. Nothing.

If horses knew their strength we should not ride anymore.

Henry James joyously engaged in the act of writing. A good day's writing gave him a sense of strength, of control over chaos, a victory of order and clarity over the confused battle of existence.

You must control your anger and jealousy and possessive nature or, as you become more powerful and your will increases in strength, you will injure others.

We have absolutely no control over what happens to us in life but what we have paramount control over is how we respond to those events.

Drama entered my home last week, but I ushered it to the door and tossed it to the curb.

A quiet woman is a firearm with a silencer.

The will is the keystone in the arch of human achievement. It is the culmination of our complex mental faculties. It is the power that rules minds, men and nations.

Stress and worry is a residual of relying on yourself and being your own god, in control of everything. Worship allows us to rely on God's power to steer us through life.

The only reason we stress is something is happening that we decided should not be happening. It is not the circumstance that is the problem. It is our resistance to it.

I mean, they call it Stockholm Syndrome and post traumatic stress disorder. And, you know, I had no free will. I had virtually no free will until I was separated from them for about two weeks.

Stress is not a state of mind... it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch.

No one can create negativity or stress within you. Only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world.

Worry is worthless. It can't change the past or control the future. It only spoils the moment.

You can't worry about things you have no control over.

Everyone has stress. A good run may not erase it, but it can reduce the effect and allow runners to gain control.

I also think stress is related to control. When you're in charge of your life, you tend to not care about losing control of things that don't really matter like traffic jams.

I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

Stress is like fire: When controlled and used for a purpose, it serves us well. Left unbridled, it can consume us.

Stress will either drive you crazy or drive you to your knees. It depends on who is in control of your life.

Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.

Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control.

I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you're a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.