Quotes about Control
Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract.
— Dennis Prager
Influence is not government.
— George Washington
Those are governed best who are governed least.
— Thomas Jefferson
Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
The present system is unsustainable. The only question is whether we will master the change or it will master us.
— Hillary Clinton
The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.
— Jimmy Carter
It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day - not I.
— Charles Swindoll
It pleases our heavenly Father when we acknowledge and confess to Him our inability to run our own lives. That is what we are doing when we say, "Father, help me! I need You!"
— Joyce Meyer
I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
— Thomas Jefferson
I have the greater glory of God, the history is His story, that He is in charge and ultimately He knows what He's doing.
— Rick Warren