2,640 Quotes About Control

Thoughtfully Fit is all about focusing on how you can be different—not anyone else. This isn’t about changing your boss or your spouse or your neighbor. Only they can do that. All you can do is change yourself.

Write it, said Beth. When we narrate our experience, we take control of it. And in controlling the story of our past, we can create a better future.

Life is hard and unpredictable. Even though you don’t have complete control over what happens, you do have control over how you respond. No matter the situation, you always have choices for what you say and what you do. I explore this with my clients all the time, and it’s not uncommon for them to tell me: “I agree, in theory. But you don’t know what I’m dealing with. You don’t know what I’ve been through. Having control in my situation isn’t possible.” Maybe you’re thinking the same thing.

Doing something for the first time can sometimes be as painful as ripping a band-aid off but after that you know what lies ahead of you and you can try to handle it better and with more confidence

A FORCING MILITARY STRATEGY IS TO GET AN UPPER HAND ON YOUR ENEMIES BY MAKING PLAY FOR CONTROL MORE INTELLIGENCE & INSIDIOUS, MANEUVER TO CONTROL YOUR ENEMY MINDS, PUSH THEIR EMOTIONAL BUTTONS & COMPEL THEM TO MAKE MISTAKES.

I took control back with words, sentences, chapters and scripts. I started with the story’s resolution in mind… and worked backwards from there. I do not know if I lived the next few years and then wrote about what happened, or wrote the next few years; and then made it all happen.

If he controls your ideas he will soon control your actions, because every action is preceded by an idea.

That is the end goal of every patriarchal culture. Because a very effective way to control women is to convince women to control themselves.

I don't bash you with my fists, I bash you with my emotions, to keep you under control.