Ability Quote by Polly Young-Eisendrath

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing,…

— Anonymous

Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, and desires and the demons that distract us from these goals. Outside of our control are…

— Epictetus

You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.

— Atul Gawande

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to…

— Robert Foster Bennett

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

— Franz Kafka

A lot of times in life, it's personal choices that you're making, actively, and then there's a myriad of forces and circumstances that are…

— Hasan Minhaj

There are lots of aspects of our lives we don't have control over, but we do have control over ourselves. That's one thing you…

— Laird Hamilton

We're not in control [of circumstances], but that does not mean we don't exercise a certain kind of conditioned agency. That's what it means…

— Judith Butler

Life shows us all the time, really and truly, that you're not in control of most things, but at the same time, the things…

— Rozonda Thomas

“Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of…

— Franz Kafka

Self control is about being in charge of the direction our lives are taking. Now for the paradox: We get control of our lives,…

— Lewis B. Smedes

Life imposes things on you that you can't control, but you still have the choice of how you're going to live through this.

— Celine Dion