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title: "6 Understand Control Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [As I've gotten older, I've become much more effective at seeking and accepting help and bringing other people into the discussion. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-coles/as-i-ve-gotten-older-i-ve-become-much-more-effective-at-seeking-and/)

[Joanna Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-coles/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/joanna-coles-6261_accepting_as-i-ve-gotten-older-i-ve-become-much-mo_117627.jpg)

> [“People fear what they can not understand and what they can not control.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-smith/people-fear-what-they-can-not-understand-and-what-they-can-not-control/)

[Andrew Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/andrew-smith-11018_afraid_people-fear-what-they-can-not-understand_456907.jpg)

> [Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/measurement-is-the-first-step-that-leads-to-control-and-eventually-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/anonymous-1_control_measurement-is-the-first-step-that-leads_1688206.jpg)

> [Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-soros/mankind-s-ability-to-understand-and-control-the-forces-of-nature/)

[George Soros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-soros/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/george-soros-1593_ability_mankind-s-ability-to-understand-and-cont_1946899.jpg)

> [What we do not understand, we cannot control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-a-reich/what-we-do-not-understand-we-cannot-control/)

[Charles A. Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-a-reich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/charles-a-reich-19990_control_what-we-do-not-understand-we-cannot-cont_2213632.png)

> [When we learn to understand and control our behavior, we learn to understand and control the behavior of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-mamerto/when-we-learn-to-understand-and-control-our-behavior-we-learn-to/)

[Edwin Mamerto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-mamerto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/edwin-mamerto-4738_behavior_when-we-learn-to-understand-and-control_2386761.jpg)

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