Control Quotes

The system works depends on the people overseeing it.

Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you

Linkin Park

Numb

Television is by nature the dominator drug par excellence. Control of content, uniformity of content, repeatability of content make it inevitably a tool of coersion, brainwashing, and manipulation.

You can't control the things that happen to you, but you can control the way you react to them. It's all perception.

You Again

Marnie Olivia Olson

Perception

— Your day will consist of reading aloud to me for one hour after breakfast, then rigidly monitored private study until midday. After lunch, sewing with me cookery instruction with Nancy then an orderly walk, music, tidying, supper, then bed.
— When do l...just live?

Remember: we don't control what happens, we control how we respond.

Ryan Holiday

Love is cintrol,
I'll die if i let go.

Metallica

All Within My Hands

Love

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Juvenal

You have two choices: To control your mind or to let your mind control you.

Veronika decides to die

lecturer on the spiritual practice of Sufism

Mind

Don't worry about what you can't control. Our focus and energy needs to be on the things we can control. Attitude, effort, focus — these are the things we can control.

Tim Tebow

Efforts

But you've got a chance
You can wrest control, you can alter your circumstance
See the world through different eyes.
And all that you need -
Is a will of steel, unafraid to struggle and bleed
Just one option: strategize.

You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.

Dan Millman

Thoughts

We can't control everything that might happen.

Anyone can kill someone in the heat of the moment. But surprisingly few can do it with calculated intent. To make that choice, then put it into action, it’s way harder than just letting your emotions lead you. It’s all about preparation. Resolve.

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Rahim: This line is not about unity. It's about control. We're going to be put into little tiny boxes.
Aimes: I think it's just a line.
Rahim: Nothing is ever just a line.

— Why you keep changing your sunglasses? Is it a looks thing?
— Well, not my looks. But I like to have at least some control over the way things look around me.

Environment, Surroundings

Glasses

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