2,640 Quotes About Control

Boeing is a classic example of what happens to a company when the general public becomes aware that it has serious quality control issues, safety problems, and a dangerous lack of government regulation.

We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.

Sometimes the most important things don't fit on lists.

It's hard to give up playing God when you've been doing it a long time.

Happiness doesn't come from being the one in control. It comes from trusting the One who is.

It’s comforting to think the defect is mine, because that means it is under my power.

Silence. Silence! And in silence ponder the similitudes between cannons and mouths. The simpleton beholds a cannon and phant'sies it an infallible destroyer of foes. But the veteran artilleryman knows that sometimes, when a cannon speaks, it bursts. Especially when it has been loaded in haste. When this occurs, Daniel, the foe is untouched.

Cast your cares upon the Lord who controls all circumstances.

Gripping is good, thought Melba. Gripping is always good. Come what may, it helps to find an edge, a dowel, a hem. It helps to hold it, hold on to it tightly. Even if you are lying quietly, on your back, waiting for everything to pass, you still need to grasp something, with your teeth if you don't have hands, and if you don't have teeth, with your gums, and if you don't have gums...