Quotes about Control
Precedents once established are so much positive power.
— James Madison
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
— Marcus Aurelius
There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond your area and realm of authority.
— Bishop TD Jakes
When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.
— Dale Carnegie
Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
— Stephen Covey
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