Quotes about Control
We are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.
- Napoleon Hill
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
- Thomas Paine
Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.
- Marcus Aurelius
You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your own hands, and you may use it the moment you learn to control your thoughts.
- Napoleon Hill
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
- Frank Herbert
If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
- Marcus Aurelius
Power is like saltwater; the more you drink, the thirstier you get.
- Charles Colson
Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
- Epictetus
The power to see change in your life can be found in the words you speak. You have the power to set the destiny for your life by what comes out of your mouth.
- Joel Osteen
Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside
- John F. Kennedy
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
- Epictetus
I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will, that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above.
- Abraham Lincoln