2,640 Quotes About Control

When constantly walking around the same endless circle, you will wind up with same outcome. Leap out of this ring and onto the right path for you. Don't allow others to control your way.

God is not just good when things are going well, God is better when things are going the worst

I keep taking hits. But I'm still getting high on the acceptance of knowing I can't control life's events.

All stories have their power, but it doesn't matter if they're true or not. What matters is us. Because we choose to listen, we choose to be controlled. We can choose to be afraid.

When they can't control or manipulate you, they smear you.

The common thread in Asimov's robot stories is a self-fulfilling prophecy. That being afraid of science and technology leads us to acting in ways that are detrimental to ourselves and society. Or, to indvertently hand over control to people who want to misuse it, simply by our refusal to understand it. [James Portnow, Extra Credits. Asimov Summary]

The youngster had frozen again as his memory flashed back to the glowering face of his grandfather, deeply lined, snarling, wild eyes stretched as wide and white as pot saucers...

The desire for total control over another person is the common denominator of all forms of tyranny.

Therapy requires a collaborative working relationship in which both partners act on the basis of their implicit confidence in the value and efficacy of persuasion rather than coercion, ideas rather than force, mutuality rather than authoritarian control.