62 Quotes About Controlling

This is particularly true of those who "love too much" and those who tend to lose themselves in their relationships. Sometimes our love becomes distorted by our feelings of insecurity and our fear of abandonment. This is the often the case with those who become overly controlling and overly smothering of their partner. Others become emotionally abusive because of their fear of intimacy.

Controlling my environment was still a compelling need for me. I did everything I could to not be surprised by anything...Looking back, I think that my need to predict how my day was going to unfold was a direct response to the amount of chaos in my childhood.

He had been in control, always. He had pulled the strings and I had danced. He had cut the strings and I had fallen - just as he must have known I would.

My heart sinks. Shit - it's like he's my dad.

Life doesn’t happen to me because I don’t let it happen. I’m afraid it won’t happen the only way I want it to happen: my way.

We need to be able to control - erm, guide the masses that can't help control themselves.

To not judge is to be like a peach. We shrink our space by giving up controlling others. Instead, we focus on controlling ourselves. We set others free to be who they are.

Women are controlled by men like a currency of the world.