Quotes about Control

I am the master of my fate and the captain of my destiny.

A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.

But nothing external to God can possibly constrain him. If he chooses to restore a broken universe, it is because he "wants" to, because, for example, he loves it and wants the best for it. But he is free to do as he wills, and his character (Who He Is) controls his will.

But If it is to be, or not, That's all in God's hands.

You'll often hear that people don't like change, but that's not quite right. People have no problem with change they asked for. What people don't like is forced change—change they didn't request on a timeline they didn't choose. Your "new and improved" can easily become their "what the fuck?" when it is dumped on them as a surprise.

Socialists know that as long as the family remains strong, socialism cannot flourish. So, there's an ongoing attempt to subjugate the home to the government.

Faith isn't denying the reality of your circumstances; faith is denying these circumstances the right to remain in control of your life.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

All the girls feared their Father less than they did their Mother, because she sometimes remembered things and he did not. Lord Brightlingsea was swept through life on a steady amnesiac flow.

Archer reddened to the temples, but dared not move or speak: it was as if her words had been some rare butterfly that the least motion might drive off on startled wings, but that might gather a flock about it if it were left undisturbed

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.