Quotes About Control

When he would have Jonah cast into the sea, God sent a wind by stirring up a whirlwind [Jonah 1:4]. Those who do not think that God controls the government of the universe will say that this was outside the common course. Yet from it I infer that no wind ever arises or increases except by God's express command. Otherwise

Each year, month, and day is governed by a new, a special, providence of God

He had the strongest awareness, as his actions showed, that the entire operation was in the hands of the Lord Jesus, who was no passive spectator but the invisible commander, ready to seize opportunities, recover from reverses, and deploy His forces as they gathered under His banner.

Long ago when they first invented the atomic bomb people used to worry about its going off and killing everybody, but they didn't know that mankind has enough dynamite right in his guts to tear the fucking plant to pieces.

Era um desses instrumentos de bom tamanho, que seus proprietários governam melhor do que aqueles pesadões e excessivos.

The idiotic industry of an ant building his hill in the path of a glacier, and imagining that he is free.

Names did have a power, if they were used in the right way.

The trick was not to stifle the emotions, but to control them. Love, anger, grief – all were weapons in their way, but they needed to be kept in check.

In any given situation, the most difficult step is to reach a decision. Once a decision is made, control can be asserted.

He had always worried about her when he was in school, because if he was away from her then he had no control over her existence.

When I'm king", said Angel, "I'll outlaw golf.

You must learn to control your impulses,' he said. 'A sword wants to be used. It wants to draw blood. That is why it was forged, and it has no other purpose in the world. If you do not control it, then it will control you.

He has never been shouted at so quietly.

You're a vile human being," said Pettle, the words spilling from his mouth before he could stop them.

A sword wants to be used. It wants to draw blood. That is why it was forged, and it has no other purpose in the world. If you do not control it, then it will control you.

She was merely doing what all young girls did, or what those who understood the nature of the balance of power between the sexes generally did. The boy wanted her, but as soon as she gave herself to Bobby unconditionally, she would cede control of the relationship to him. Better to force him to prove his loyalty to her before she surrendered herself fully.

think you just like tethering goats." "Well, be sure to tell me when your rope begins

God's nothing more than a twelve-year-old kid with an ant farm. He's always watching, but He's never gonna do anything.

The human will is one of the biggest idols of the church. Will power fuels religion.

Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why don't you have to go through the same kind of screening you do to get a driver's license? It's totally insane.

The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.

As long as politics is the shadow of big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance.