Self Control Quotes
Don’t lose your head. It’s the best part of your body. ~ Jimmy Snyder
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do. ~ A. J. Kitt
It’s all happening too fast. I’ve got to put the brakes on or I’ll smack into something. ~ Mel Gibson
If I could come back as anything I’d be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice. ~ Nikki Giovanni
If everything’s under control, you’re going too slow. ~ Mario Andretti
He who controls others may be powerful but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. ~ Lao Tzu
Any systems approaching perfect self-control also approaches perfect self-frustration. ~ Alan Watts
Drive the business or it will drive thee. ~ Benjamin Franklin
We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And when the government erodes that control, we are not comfortable. ~ Barbara Jordan
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. ~ George Orwell
We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. ~ Orison Swett Marden
You don’t have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that. ~ Sophia Coppola, Esquire
What you cannot enforce, do not command. ~ Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
It turns out you have two choices: You can try to control people, or you can try to have a system that represents reality. I find that knowing what’s really happening is more important than trying to control people. ~ Larry Page, NY Post, 8/24/04
I think all art is about control – the encounter between control and the uncontrollable. ~ Richard Avedon
– Various