Quotes about Control

Many people are driven by the need for approval. They allow the expectations of parents or spouses or children or teachers or friends to control their lives. Many adults are still trying to earn the approval of unpleasable parents. Others are driven by peer pressure, always worried by what others might think. Unfortunately, those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.

It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone's life is in his power.

Whatever you fear most has no power--it is your fear that has the power

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.

The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.

When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.