Quotes about Control

Jesus Christ has broken the power of sin, and God's invitation to us is to embrace a new mindset and a new way of living. In Jesus' name we are to think of ourselves as dead to the power of sin. In Jesus' name we don't have to let the voice of the Enemy control the way we live. In Jesus' name we don't have to give in to sinful desires; we can win the battle for our minds.

Lord, help me control my tongue. Help me be careful about what I say. —PSALM 141:3 ICB

Anger is not wrong. But if anger is uncontrolled, stuffed, misplaced, or given full vent, then anger can do us a lot of harm.

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Absolutely no man, woman, child, or devil can ever get you out of the will of God! No one but God holds your destiny.

You can see that the law can both discover and condemn sin, but it has no power to control it.

Wherefore, it seems, O Mansoul, to be thy wisdom to take good heed what thou dost in this matter; for if you once yield, you give up yourselves to another, and so you are no more your own. Wherefore, to give up yourselves to an unlimited power, is the greatest folly in the world; for now you indeed may repent, but can never justly complain.

Position is a poor substitute for influence.

You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.