Quotes About Control

Creativity Is an Action, Not a Feeling Marie Schacht points out that we can't always do much about how we feel, particularly when it's about something important. But we can always control our actions. Your work is too important to be left to how you feel today. On the other hand, committing to an action can change how we feel. If we act as though we trust the process and do the work, then the feelings will follow. Waiting for a feeling is a luxury we don't have time for.

It's Good to Be King In fact, in a stable world, it's great to be king. Lots of perks. Not a lot of hassles. Kings have always worked to maintain stability because that's the best way to stay king.

If you are using outcomes that are out of your control as fuel for your work, it's inevitable that you will burn out. Because it's not fuel you can replenish, and it's not fuel that burns without a residue.

The time we spend worrying is actually time we're spending trying to control something that is out of our control.

Holding on tightly to what we've got is at the heart of so many bad decisions.

We have swallowed technology and are struggling to avoid the shackles that make it work: rules and laws.

I succeeded in using my charms like a weapon; I learned to play with other's hearts and to master my own desires.

Out on the street I start to run; I need to breathe in this life, the trees, the warmth of my town. I will be able to control my own fate and I will know how to be happy. Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle . . .

Now breathe or I'll do it for you.

You use your tits the way a ninja assassin uses nunchuks.

Your luck is about to change, Abby.' His voice was low and velvety. 'I know a lot about you. I know how to get into your apartment. How to turn your cat into a noodle. The magnets on your fridge, the view from your window. Your perfume. I could find you blindfolded in a room full of strangers.' His fingers penetrated the veil of her hair, his forefinger stroking the back of her neck with controlled gentleness. 'And I learn fast. Give me ten minutes, and I'd know lots more.

Fear did make people cautious; rage such as this was dangerous, was all too apt to lead to disaster

And if Harry spun webs to make a spider proud, Eleanor could entangle archangels in her snares.

the liquor like fire in his hand

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.

Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.

Having' something makes us think we can control it.

Buddhist teachings discourage us from clinging and grasping to those we hold dear, and from trying to control the people or the relationship. What's more, we're encouraged to accept the impermanence of all things: the flower that blooms today will be gone tomorrow, the objects we possess will break or fade or lose their utility, our relationships will change, life will end.

Anger often makes us hurt ourselves more than any enemy.

Equanimity's strength derives from a combination of understanding and trust. It is based on understanding that the conflict and frustration we feel when we can't control the world doesn't come from our inability to do so but rather from the fact that we are trying to control the uncontrollable.

Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and focuses us on building our inner resource of resilience.

Resilience Practicing Self-Care To Avoid Burnout The Illusion of Control Patience and Perspective Resilience In The Face

it's human nature to want to seize control when the people we love are suffering. But trying to impose our personal agenda on someone else's experience is the shadow side of love, while real love recognizes that life unfolds at its own pace.