Control Quotes

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By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature… — James G. Frazer
My guess [is] . . . that the great majority of Americans are saying they favor gun control when they really mean gun banishment. .… — Roger Rosenblatt
The only person over whom you have direct and immediate control is yourself. The most important assets to develop, preserve and enhance, therefore, are your… — Stephen Covey
Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose… — Napoleon Hill
We made a sacred covenant to follow the Creator's life plan at all times, which includes the responsibility of taking care of this land and… — Thomas Banyacya
You can control your choices but you can't control the outcome of those choices. — Howard G. Hendricks
We must speak more clearly about sexuality, contraception, about abortion, about values that control population, because the ecological crisis, in short, is the population crisis.… — Mikhail Gorbachev
Great leaders are paradoxical. They catalyze, rather control, the work of their teams. They have an overarching vision for the team but are not autocratic… — Guy Kawasaki
A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the most controlling people may be… — Richard Rohr
The future is not completely beyond our control. It is the work of our own hands. — Robert Kennedy
The greatest dread of ordinary man is death, with its rude imposition interrupting fortuitous plans and fondest attachments with an unknown and unwelcome change. The… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Pranayama is the practice of breath control. The word prana refers not only to breath, but also to air and life itself. — Christy Turlington
The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with the… — Joseph Story
Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence… — James Madison
The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of a… — Alexander Hamilton
[I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government. — James Madison
Individual liberty depends upon keeping government under control. — Ronald Reagan
Either you will control your government, or government will control you. — Ronald Reagan
All of us should remember that the federal government is not some mysterious institution comprised of buildings, files and paper. The people are the government.… — Ronald Reagan
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. — Calvin Coolidge

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