Your Control Quotes

94 quotes by 79 authors

Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
I feel that directors at times are like the janitors on the set. I am the secretary, I am the organizer, I am the maid,… — Jane Campion
I think that if you live long enough, you realize that so much of what happens in life is out of your control, but how… — Hillary Clinton
An adventure is a situation where the outcome is not entirely within your control. It is up to fate, in other words — Sebastian Junger
The internal processes of muscle growth are seriously complicated, people devote their lives to it, but the external processes that kick it off, the things… — Daniel Roberts
I couldn't care less who I'm paired with. There's nobody I've ever played better or worse with, thank goodness. You don't want any factor to… — Jack Nicklaus
What you see is from outside yourself, and may come, or not, but is beyond your control. But your fear is yours, and yours alone,… — Marion Zimmer Bradley
The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything. — Mark Cuban
No volleyball play can begin without a serve, and the serve is the only technique that is totally under your control. In other endeavors, you… — Karch Kiraly
If you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control, to attain to… — Swami Vivekananda
You, and you alone, get to determine whether you are going to react positively about something or negatively about something - or, interestingly, have no… — Neale Donald Walsch
Frozen in fear, you avoid responsibility because you think your experience is beyond your control. This stance keeps you from making decisions, solving problems, or… — David Emerald Womeldorff
It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself. — Barbara Sher
Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control. — Bill Crawford
I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day,… — M.I.A.
Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying that you want to win the Powerball when you… — Cameron Russell
Everyone who became great at something has a similar story: For years, they worked on their craft every day, even if they werenâ€™t in the… — Derek Sivers
You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses. — Sanford I. Weill
At first I was a bit indignant about it, and then I realised, 'No, that's what people want, so that's what is given.' But it's… — Julia Ormond
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other… — Epictetus

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