Quotes about Control

I have stated that a democracy is always two years behind the dictator.

Anger is a waste of energy. Steam which is used to blow off a safety valve would be better used to drive an engine.

It is easier to command a lapdog or a mule for a whole day than one's own fate for half-an-hour.

That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving God. Our suffering has meaning and purpose in God's eternal plan, and He brings or allows to come into our lives only that which is for His glory and our good.

All things work for bad for those living in opposition to God and insist on having their own way.

Things work in spite of me sometimes.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

Rules help govern and steer a relationship along, so they're good things. But they become bad things when they become the narrow gate though which the relationship must always pass. When this happens, the rules become the basis for the relationship and, in a sense, become a substitute for the relationship.

Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions.