Favorite Quotations
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Control, 2
Get Anyone to Do Anything
Put yourself in the hands of the universe-then you will have no need for control. ~ Deepak Chopra You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that. ~ Sophia Coppola, Esquire 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 He is strong who conquers others; he who conquers himself is mighty. ~ Lao Tzu When we try to control people and situations, we rob them and ourselves of the natural victories and setbacks that occur in life. ~ David Kessler, Life Lessons If you think you control things that are in the control of others, you will lament. You will be disturbed and you will blame both gods and men. ~ Epictetus, Enchiridion I am the president of my own life. ~ Marie C. Wilson 1 | 2
"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