Quotes about Control
We cannot enjoy peace in this world unless we are ready to yield to the will of God in respect of death. Our times are in His hand, at His sovereign disposal. We must accept that as best.
— John Owen
God overrules all mutinous accidents, brings them under His laws of fate, and makes them all serviceable to His purpose.
— Marcus Aurelius
I think to trust in the sovereignty of God does not excuse my personal responsibility. Just the opposite - it equips me to be personally responsible.
— Max Lucado
God has given us control over one thing in our lives - our thoughts.
— Napoleon Hill
If there is one maverick molecule in all the universe, then God is not sovereign. And if God is not sovereign, He is not God.
— RC Sproul
The whole concept of providence is that God knows everything about what we do.
— RC Sproul
God is sovereign. His grace cannot be tamed.
— Kent Hughes
The essence of surrender is getting out of God's way so that He can do in us what He also wants to do through us.
— AW Tozer
God is not blind; neither is He capricious. For Him there are no accidents. With God there are no cases of chance events.
— RC Sproul
God is on the side of the big battalions.
— George Bernard Shaw
We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
— Henry Ward Beecher
We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we think, if there is a God, he is in heaven, and not on earth.
— Henry Ward Beecher