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Quotes about Control

There is no one member of the body breaks forth more in God's dishonour than the tongue.
— Thomas Watson
You have to do a good job controlling the things you can control for performance and not get distracted by all the noise.
— Tim Henman
A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior.
— Melody Beattie
The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.
— Norman Vincent Peale
cannot prevent birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building nests in your hair.
— Norman Vincent Peale
There is one irrefutable law of the universe: We are each responsible for our own life.
— Oprah Winfrey
It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.
— Oprah Winfrey
you are the single biggest influence in your life.
— Oprah Winfrey
High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
— Oscar Wilde
The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.
— Oscar Wilde
Do everything in moderation, even moderation.
— Confucius
Our waking life's desire to shape the world to our convenience invites all manner of paradox and difficulty.
— Cormac McCarthy