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Control Quotes

"When parameters are not set for man, there is always an unknown abuse."

"When parameters are not set for man, there is always an unknown abuse."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Control, Rules, Abuse, Boundaries

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"No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence."

"No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence."

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

Control, Emotion, Intelligence, Situation

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"We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy."

"We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy."

Henry Miller, American Author

Control, Anarchy, Danger

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"Do not allow your sad past to rule your present situation. Unlike a tango, it does not take to two to forgive."

"Do not allow your sad past to rule your present situation. Unlike a tango, it does not take to two to forgive."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Control, Past, Rule, Present, Forgiveness

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"You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness, and doubt abate."

"You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness, and doubt abate."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Control, Inspirational, Truth, Life, Power

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"Discipline is required in all human endeavours."

"Discipline is required in all human endeavours."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Control, Discipline, Endeavors, Consistency, Focus

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"His vision blurred, his grip on the dash faltered and the cockpit lost definition. Then all the diati rushed back to him in its own shockwave.The physical force slammed him against the cockpit half-wall. He gasped air into his lungs as a crimson aura throbbed above his skin. The world spun around him, and it occurred to him if he wanted to he could control it-not the spinning, but the world."

"His vision blurred, his grip on the dash faltered and the cockpit lost definition. Then all the diati rushed back to him in its own shockwave.The physical force slammed him against the cockpit half-wall. He gasped air into his lungs as a crimson aura throbbed above his skin. The world spun around him, and it occurred to him if he wanted to he could control it-not the spinning, but the world."

G.S. Jennsen, American Author

Control, Chaos, Perception, Action

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"Control your thoughts and everything will be under your control."

"Control your thoughts and everything will be under your control."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Control, Thoughts, Power, Mind

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"The law is the anchor of our feelings. If the law holds our feelings well, it directs our feelings well. If however, the laws fails to hold our feelings well, our feelings become free enough for us to do what we feel freely."

"The law is the anchor of our feelings. If the law holds our feelings well, it directs our feelings well. If however, the laws fails to hold our feelings well, our feelings become free enough for us to do what we feel freely."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Control, Law, Feeling, Freedom

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"Americans have a special horror of letting things happen their own way without interference. They would like to jump down their stomachs digest the food and shovel the shit out."

"Americans have a special horror of letting things happen their own way without interference. They would like to jump down their stomachs digest the food and shovel the shit out."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

Control, Interference, Culture, Anxiety

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"Organizing gods is like herding cats into straight lines. They don't take naturally to it."

"Organizing gods is like herding cats into straight lines. They don't take naturally to it."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Control, Chaos, Truth, Power

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"Stay calm and exercise restrain during your most desperate moment or you shall desperately say what when your desperation is over, you shall come to a later realization of what you shouldn't have say and notice how silence could have been the best option to mere words!"

"Stay calm and exercise restrain during your most desperate moment or you shall desperately say what when your desperation is over, you shall come to a later realization of what you shouldn't have say and notice how silence could have been the best option to mere words!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Control, Calm, Desperation, Silence, Words

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"I'm not in control and without a firm spot, like Archimedes I can't move the world - let alone your heart.."

"I'm not in control and without a firm spot, like Archimedes I can't move the world - let alone your heart.."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Control, Life, Heart, Support

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"We cannot act according to the promptings of our flesh."

"We cannot act according to the promptings of our flesh."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Control, Flesh, Prompting, Obedience

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"Control is not humble, control is arrogant."

"Control is not humble, control is arrogant."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Control, Truth, Power, Life, Wisdom

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"Man is always equal to his purpose; when you control him, you do half a job but when you control his purpose, you do a total job."

"Man is always equal to his purpose; when you control him, you do half a job but when you control his purpose, you do a total job."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Control, Purpose, Man, Job

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"Through all life changes , God is in control."

"Through all life changes , God is in control."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Control, Life, Change, God

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"He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing."

"He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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"All defensiveness stems from the need to be right and frustration over not being able to control others."

"All defensiveness stems from the need to be right and frustration over not being able to control others."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Control, Truth, Life, Wisdom, Power

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"Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should be a credulous and ignorant fanatic whose prevailing moods are fear, hatred, adulation, and orgiastic triumph. In other words it is necessary that he should have the mentality appropriate to a state of war. It does not matter whether the war is actually happening, and, since no decisive victory is possible, it does not matter whether the war is going well or badly. All that is needed is that a state of war should exist."

"Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should be a credulous and ignorant fanatic whose prevailing moods are fear, hatred, adulation, and orgiastic triumph. In other words it is necessary that he should have the mentality appropriate to a state of war. It does not matter whether the war is actually happening, and, since no decisive victory is possible, it does not matter whether the war is going well or badly. All that is needed is that a state of war should exist."

George Orwell, British Author

Control, Fanaticism, Power, Propaganda

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"Action is within your control, while Emotion is beyond your control!"

"Action is within your control, while Emotion is beyond your control!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

Control, Action, Emotion, Self

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"It is possible to be a puppet on a string, controlled by hidden forces."

"It is possible to be a puppet on a string, controlled by hidden forces."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Control, Manipulation, Freedom, Power

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"If I choose to take the pen from God and write the story of my life without Him, I better have plenty of erasers and a whole lot of white-out. Better yet, I should invest in a good shredder."

"If I choose to take the pen from God and write the story of my life without Him, I better have plenty of erasers and a whole lot of white-out. Better yet, I should invest in a good shredder."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Control, Faith, Truth, Future, Power

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"Stability, insisted the Controller, "stability. The primal and the ultimate need. Stability. Hence all this."

"Stability, insisted the Controller, "stability. The primal and the ultimate need. Stability. Hence all this."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Control, Stability, Society, Order

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"You cannot control anything except your thoughts. With yoga, you do not control yourself but you harmonize with nature."

"You cannot control anything except your thoughts. With yoga, you do not control yourself but you harmonize with nature."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Control, Thoughts, Yoga, Harmony

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"A man with a victim mentality attracts autocrats into his life who will decide how he should live."

"A man with a victim mentality attracts autocrats into his life who will decide how he should live."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Control, Victim, Mentality, Autocrats

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"Woman wants control, man self-control ."

"Woman wants control, man self-control ."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

Control, Self-Control, Desire, Gender

"Never base your destiny on things you cannot control and have no power to change."

"Never base your destiny on things you cannot control and have no power to change."

John Patrick Hickey, American Author

Control, Destiny, Choice, Wisdom

"Now, he realized, he simply had to take what he wanted. He had to control the winds, not the other way around (p. 434)."

"Now, he realized, he simply had to take what he wanted. He had to control the winds, not the other way around (p. 434)."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Control, Truth, Power, Life, Wisdom

"You can't control anything in this world except your perception and emotion."

"You can't control anything in this world except your perception and emotion."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Control, Perception, Emotion, Mind

"It is sad, people what to control others. But they have not learned to know their soul."

"It is sad, people what to control others. But they have not learned to know their soul."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Control, Self, Soul, Knowledge

"You may not have the power to control whatever happens to you, but you have the power to stop it from affecting your sense of style."

"You may not have the power to control whatever happens to you, but you have the power to stop it from affecting your sense of style."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Control, Power, Style, Emotions

"A salary is, to a man's employer, what his wife's vagina is to his wife: a tool used to (1) reward; and (2) control him."

"A salary is, to a man's employer, what his wife's vagina is to his wife: a tool used to (1) reward; and (2) control him."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Control, Truth, Power, Sex, Work

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