2,640 Quotes About Control

Control seems preferable to what we typically think of as its opposite--chaos. But I want to suggest that the opposite of control is not chaos. It is trust, and trust is far preferable to control. We want to control because we fear the outcome of letting God be in control. We fear we won't be taken care of, won't have what we need, or will be taken advantage of. But trying to be in control is futile, because in reality there is very little that we can control.

That which we try to control ultimately enslaves us.

She thought: How hard it is to change one’s life. And again she thought: How terrifyingly simple to change the lives of others.

Safety is about control. In order to feel safe, things have to be made predictable. And the only way in life to make something predictable is to control the outcome

It’s crazy how much of our life is determined by something we have no control ever.

As we let go of our need to control, we find freedom.

It is not the gun that kills, it is the corrupt corporate governments lack of gun control.

Here is what I know to be true: messed up men will often panic and try to control the chaos. Waiting is one of the hardest spiritual disciplines. Waiting is spelled T-R-U-S-T.

I feel the pressure of the future and in this turning world must either kill it or become its master.