Quotes about Control

He said that when he sees little kids sitting in the backseat of cars, in those car seats that have steering wheels, with grim expressions of concentration on their faces, clearly convinced that their efforts are causing the car to do whatever it is doing, he thinks of himself and his relationship with God: God who drives along silently, gently amused, in the real driver's seat.

Fear of living without a map is the main reason people are so insistent that we tell them what to do.

Response is always better than reaction.

alternative to planning on late is to initiate before it's required, to ship before deadline, to put the idea out there before the crisis hits. This act of bravery actually gives you influence, leverage, and control in a way that planning on late never can. Dandelion

Sooner or later, each of us becomes (for a while) the kind of person who believes in the reptile people that control the earth. We're seeking our own little pocket of uniqueness.

We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.

No one runs your life unless you let them. And you have more power than you think.

The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.

Faith is a way of going within and creating a sense of control over one's life at any given moment.

I say, make the decision, and as soon as you make the decision, the rest of your life you just manage that decision on a daily basis.

You don't have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don't have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.

The passages also offer an assurance that God has such resistance under control and will ultimately overwhelm it.