Quotes About Control

We readily acknowledge that it is very humbling to the proud heart of the creature to behold all mankind in the hand of God as the clay in the potter's hand, yet this is precisely how the Scriptures of truth represent the case.

This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future.

Oderint dum metuant. Que me odien, pero que me teman.

Hay hombres cuya lealtad hacia ellos mismos, a lo que son o creen ser, los hace peligrosos... A ésos resulta imposible dominarles el corazón, incluso aunque compres su vida.

I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war.

Somos peones en un juego de otros.

El hombre no roba, conquista», repetía a menudo... «Hace de cada provincia que toma un anexo de su imperio: le impone sus leyes, la puebla de temas y personajes, extiende su espectro sobre ella...».

Como dice el camarada Stalin, donde hay un hombre puede haber delito.

El arte del mando era tratar con la naturaleza humana

Porque la religión es la mayor forma de engaño inventada por el hombre.

Y supo de mujeres capaces de desmontar con minuciosidad de relojero los resortes que mueven a un hombre.

Ahí les tienen —ríe Bringas, cáustico—: resignados a lo poco que tienen, se arrodillan, rezan y besan la mano de curas y príncipes porque sus padres, tan idiotas como ellos, les enseñaron a hacerlo... No son los tiranos los que hacen esclavos. Son los esclavos los que hacen a los tiranos.

El ser humano es bestia torpe a la que no mueven los buenos sentimientos, sino el látigo. Para

No es mejor echarse en brazos de una naturaleza ciega, desprovista de sabiduría y objetivos, que temblar toda la vida esclavizados por una supuesta Inteligencia Todopoderosa, que ha dispuesto sus sublimes designios para que los pobres mortales tengan la libertad de desobedecerlos, y convertirse así en continuas víctimas de su cólera implacable?

La omnipresente religión impide florecer.

Cuanto más poder se alcanza, más limitada es la ocasión de ejercerlo. Gaspar de Guzmán, conde de Olivares

Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war.

Not only is this teacher educating her children in violence, she also has to continuously escalate her own violence to keep control. Her method of teaching breeds disrespect and prejudice. Her students have been dehumanized.

To cover all the earth with sheets of leather Where could such amounts of skin be found? But with the leather soles of just my shoes It is as though I cover all the earth! And thus the outer course of things I myself cannot restrain. But let me just restrain my mind, And what is left to be restrained?

Los tiempos en que conseguías controlarme pertenecen ya al pasado. Ahora que comprendo que eres la causa de todos mis problemas, te eliminaré en cuanto aparezcas.

We are the authors of our own destiny; and being the authors, we are ultimately, perhaps frighteningly, free.

My father tolerated no dramatics of any kind. I'm not certain which is more devilish uncomfortable—too many emotions or none at all.

I will say this once," her mother said. "You can put your foot down about this. You can have your tantrum. But get used to the fact that you're going to be a mother - and no matter how much you've been in control of all the other parts of your life, you're about to enter into a thing that you can never control entirely. Ever.

No wonder she dated Asher. They probably did weirdly specific things together at weirdly specific times. Coffee at exactly 7:03 a.m. Double-toasted cinnamon raisin bagels with extra cream cheese at 8:26 a.m. Hot yoga at 10:17 a.m. Avocado toast and aragula salad at 1:34 p.m. Dinner at that vegan place down the street at 7:35 p.m. Sex at 9:48 p.m. Everyone loves a well-planned kink, right? ''I'm scheduling you at eleven o'clock, baby. You know what happens if you're late''.