Quotes about Being Control

I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want. Votes: 4

Those who don't set goals in life end up being controlled by those who do. Votes: 3

It's no fun feeling your thoughts are being controlled by an electrode, and someone else is holding the clicker. Votes: 3

Administrators need to shift from being controllers to enablers, so as to liberate the energies and talents of the teachers. Votes: 3

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled. Votes: 3

We need to stop raising boys to think that they need to prove their masculinity by being controlling or by not showing emotion or by not being little girls. Votes: 3

There's a certain amount of mind control that happens. Everybody is living in a world where they're being controlled. They're being told what to think, what to do, and what to eat. Votes: 3

To exist without purpose is to be at the mercy of the chance encounter, the chance invitation, the chance phone call, the chance event- always being controlled by forces external to oneself. Votes: 3

Economists love to talk about incentives, but the bottom line is that people hate being controlled or manipulated, even when done through voluntary institutions. This is one of the most important tensions in capitalism. Votes: 3

Does Christ commend the famous 'apathy' of the Stoic or the Buddhist elimination of desire? Far from it. The issue is not just feeling or desire, but right feeling or desire, or being controlled by feeling or desire. Votes: 3

In being strict, you were able to control. Votes: 2

I like being in charge of the remote control. Votes: 2

I enjoy being in control, having a lot of creative control. Votes: 2

As long as I live I will have control over my being. Votes: 2

Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do. Votes: 2

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself. Votes: 2

What's the point of being negative or fearful? We can't control it. Votes: 2

I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control. Votes: 2

Time is the element that controls the consciousness, the very being of the people. Votes: 2

I am a terrible mixture of being organized, controlling, but chaotic. My desk is monstrous. Votes: 2

When you're interviewing someone, you're in control. When you're being interviewed, you think you're in control, but you're not. Votes: 2

For me, being able to go anywhere you want, with an element of precision and control, has been the goal. Votes: 2

Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of control. Votes: 2

Modelling, it's being an artist as well. It's just being a silent artist. It takes a lot of self-control and a lot of discipline. Votes: 2

The only secret to being in control is to have it in the beginning. Retaining control is still hard, but obtaining control is virtually impossible. Votes: 2

That's the danger of having too much success. You lose that magic, that feeling of not being in control, which I feel now, it's too controlled. Votes: 2

Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact the family brings up baby by being brought up by him. Votes: 2

The idea of being in control for the sake of control is not really important to me. If everyone is sharp and doing what they're doing well, you don't really need to be in control all the time. Votes: 2

Anything that controls my state of mind I never really want to do because I always want to be under control. That might be part of me being a Virgo. I never want to do something that stops me from being in control of who I am and my actions. Votes: 2

Being completely in control is a fantasy. Votes: 0

You can't control things by being nervous ... Votes: 0

Investing isn't risky; not being in control is risky. Votes: 0

As my awareness increases, my control over my own being increases. Votes: 0

Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against. Votes: 0

Being disappointed is sometimes an inevitable outcome that no one can control. Votes: 0

Being present means living without control and always having your needs met. Votes: 0

Sometimes being in control of everything comes with a lot of challenges. Votes: 0

Every human being has the ability to completely control his own mind. Votes: 0

As long as i live i will have control over my being Votes: 0

But what is madness, if not being able to control your own mind? Votes: 0

Do you have any control over being conscious? Do you know how you will? Votes: 0

Being a control freak makes us tense, stressed out, and unpleasant to be with. Votes: 0

I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. Votes: 0

The human race's favorite method for being in control of facts is to ignore them. Votes: 0

I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see. Votes: 0

The most important attribute of man as a moral being is the faculty of self-control. Votes: 0

Being blonde now doesn't mean Marilyn Monroe vulnerability. Blonde in the Eighties means being in control. Votes: 0

Dying is something you have no control over. Why waste your life being afraid of it? Votes: 0

If you can't take responsibility for your own well-being, you will never take control over it. Votes: 0

I like being meticulous and it's quite difficult as an actor to have that much control. Votes: 0

The idea of being a show runner was very attractive to me, to create and control something. Votes: 0

I was never planning on being a musician. It's basically a hobby that sprawled out of control. Votes: 0

I really look at children as being little people and not necessarily things or people to control. Votes: 0

[On being asked if she would favor birth control laws:] I will if you make it retroactive. Votes: 0

I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control. Votes: 0

Should I tell him I'm not afraid of being hurt? I'm afraid of not being in control. Votes: 0

I'm a human being and I fall in love and sometimes I don't have control of every situation. Votes: 0

Being competent means the ability to control and operate the things in the environment and the environment itself. Votes: 0

Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated. Votes: 0

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand. Votes: 0

If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of Church and State. Votes: 0

Being truly happy in life involves you feeling more in control of the direction your life is going. Votes: 0

Sometimes being a little out of control makes the best music and allows others to blossom as well. Votes: 0

Life happens. There is no point in being upset or down about things we can't control or change. Votes: 0

The only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time. Votes: 0

The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it. Votes: 0

The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not Votes: 0

Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving . Votes: 0

Visualization is the human being's vehicle to the future - good, bad, or indifferent. It's strictly in our control. Votes: 0

Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being. Votes: 0

...freedom of conscience does not mean being uncontrolled - we have to control ourselves and at times submit to others... Votes: 0

Every human being has appetites difficult to control but far fewer have humility, gentleness, and an awareness of their weaknesses. Votes: 0

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control. Votes: 0

The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control. Votes: 0

Self-compassion-being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure-is associated with more motivation and better self-control. Votes: 0

The more we remember that life is a gift-that everything changes, we're not in control-the stronger our sense of well-being becomes. Votes: 0

No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics. Votes: 0

I remember adolescence, the years of having the impulse control of a mousetrap, of being as private as a safe-deposit box. Votes: 0

Being deaf and partially blind means I don't really watch TV. I wouldn't know what to do with a remote control. Votes: 0

Luck is being in the right place at the right time, but location and timing are to some extent under our control. Votes: 0

What saves me from being a drug addict is sort of the opposite. It's me realizing that I don't really control anything. Votes: 0

I control every interaction with every human being I'm with. I can actually manage any situation with 98 percent of the people on Earth. Votes: 0

When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there. Votes: 0

When people are rushed, they're stressed and you greatly increase the likelihood of being punitive and unilateral just because you're trying to grasp control. Votes: 0

The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control. Votes: 0

My happiness isn't connected to my husband's or my boss's or my children's behavior. You have control over your own actions, your own well-being. Votes: 0

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life. Votes: 0

The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control. Votes: 0

The moment a man claims a right to control the will of a fellow being by physical force, he is at heart a slaveholder. Votes: 0

The human character, we believe, requires in general constant and immediate control to prevent its being biased from right by the seductions of self-love. Votes: 0

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality. Votes: 0

The thing that I did not like about being signed to a label was I unable to have control over what I wanted to do. Votes: 0

Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.] so that you may control the situation. Votes: 0

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being. Votes: 0

We all have pretty much similar dreams, and at the root of all those dreams is being able to be in control of your money. Votes: 0

Being in the library is so addictive for me that I really have to exercise self-control so I can get some writing done at home. Votes: 0

I believe that one should be able to control and manipulate experiences, even the most terrifying, like madness, being tortured...with an informed and intelligent mind. Votes: 0

I wanted to retain my individuality. I was afraid of being hampered by studio policies. I knew if someone else got control, I would be restrained. Votes: 0

To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control. Votes: 0

No human being can control love, and no one is to blame either for feeling it or for losing it. What alone degrades a woman is falsehood. Votes: 0

Sometimes it is my impression that most politicians are still not aware of being under the control of the financial markets and are even governed by them. Votes: 0

You want to know my definition of gun control? Being able to stand there at 25 meters and put two rounds in the same hole. That's gun control. Votes: 0

I think we sometimes give ourselves a little too much credit as humans, as being able to control and understand nature, when in fact we do neither. Votes: 0

We are living in a time when the very integrity of the Constitution is being threatened daily, from federal bailouts to federal assumption of control over private business. Votes: 0

I couldn't stand being identified by my sexuality, I retaliated by insisting that people regard me for my intellectual worth. My intellect became a form of damage control. Votes: 0

Comfort in expressing your emotions will allow you to share the best of yourself with others, but not being able to control your emotions will reveal your worst. Votes: 0

Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact ... the family brings up baby by being brought up by him. Votes: 0

Your being born makes your parents God. You owe them your life, and they can control you. Then puberty makes you Satan, just because you want something better. Votes: 0

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process. Votes: 0

courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" "A goal, A love and A dream give you total control over your body and your life Votes: 0

human mind is influencing constantly.man can not fully control it.as he think he did,second after he will be under it's control.that's all being human. Votes: 0

Libido is a normal part of being human. Nothing scandalous about it. But without it, in either women or men, would there be a demand for birth control? Votes: 0

Happiness is really just about four things: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness (number and depth of your relationships), and vision/meaning (being part of something bigger than yourself). Votes: 0

The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match his own. Votes: 0

Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have you declared legally insane in order to gain control of your estate. Votes: 0

As a result, ways out of the crisis are being intensively searched for at all levels - ways, which, however, aim at maintaining the whites' control over the country. Votes: 0

I want to be back behind the plate as long as I can. I can help the team that way, and I like being in control and in charge. Votes: 0

Being 'one flesh' in marriage means that the relationship is not the source of security, affirmation, control, or value. Those issues of identity need to be rooted in Christ. Votes: 0

Instead of being a Woodrow Wilson democracy promoterwe ought to hunt down our enemies and kill ISIS rather than creating opportunities for ISIS to take control of new countries. Votes: 0

The 'divide & conquer' principle has been successfully implemented on our planet and is being used very effectively to keep us under control and in a perpetual state of conflict. Votes: 0

I think investment psychology is by far the more important element, followed by risk control, with the least important consideration being the question of where you buy and sell. Votes: 0