Quotes About Control

La Biblia tiene una idea mejor. En lugar de buscar control absoluto, renuncia a él. No puedes controlar el mundo, pero sí puedes confiárselo a Dios. Este es el mensaje detrás del consejo de Pablo de «[ alegrarse] siempre en el Señor». La paz está al alcance, no por falta de problemas, sino debido a la presencia de un Señor soberano.

No puedes controlar el mundo, pero sí puedes confiárselo a Dios.

The contagiously calm person is the one who reminds others, "God is in control." This is the executive who tells the company, "Let's all do our part; we'll be okay." This is the leader who sees the challenge, acknowledges it, and observes, "These are tough times, but we'll get through them.

when your tongue is sharp enough to slice a rock. How

Like most children, I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.

Ignorance is a terrible thing. It causes families to lose their center and causes people to lose their control. Ignorance knows no binds. Old people, young people, middle-aged, black, white, can all be ignorant.

Even Christ Himself turned His back on Satan. Wouldn't He turn His back on me? I could feel the evilness flowing through my body and waiting, pent up, to rush off my tongue if I tried to open my mouth. I clamped my teeth shut, I'd hold it in. If it escaped, wouldn't it flood the world and all the innocent people?

A woman] will need to prize her tenderness and be able to display it at appropriate times in order to prevent toughness from gaining total authority and to avoid becoming a mirror image of those men who value power above life, and control over love.

Whether we were in the mines of South Africa, or the liberal New York theater, nothing changed. Whites wanted everything. They thought they deserved everything. That they wanted to possess all the materials of the earth was in itself disturbing, but that they also wanted to control the souls and the pride of people was inexplicable.

They were using her feinting body to erase their present and catapult themselves into a fantasy where sex-starved women lay submissive and split open like red, ripe watermelons.

The more you cry, the less you'll pee, and peeing is more important.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." —Maya Angelou

You can't control everything. You can't control how someone feels about you. Or what makes them tick. You can only control how you react, how you act, how you think and feel.

You hold your head up. You submitting to me doesn't mean you're anything less...the very last thing I want is for you to be some mindless puppet.

I want a woman completely devoted to me and my needs. In return, I would take care of her and provide for her every need. But I would be in control.

It was the problem with creating a web of lies and deceit. It spiraled out of control until it took on a life of its own, and she was helpless to correct it. In too deep. She'd been trapped by her own solution.

If you don't stay away from her I'll rearrange that pretty face of yours. - Simon

If you keep gathering those reins, lass, you and the horse are going to end up back where you came from.

If I have my way, you'll have her no longer.

Like I'm all powerful. Like I'm the only man. Like if you ever look at another man like that, I'd kill him.

I've been patient. I've let you run. But I'm not letting you run any longer.

I've tried doing this your way. I've tried being patient, understanding, gentle even. This time we're doing it my way.

You want to be dominated.