Take Control Quotes - Page 4

• The feeling of relinquishing responsibility to someone else, letting him take control, was a relief beyond words.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Responsibility, Feelings, Relief

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.415, St. Martin's Press

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• The extent to which YOU take responsibility over something is the extent to which YOU take control over it.

  Adam Khoo

  Motivational, Responsibility, Over It

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• Our destinies are our own, if we have the courage to take control of them.

  David Clement-Davies

  Destiny, Our Destiny, Ifs

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• Every time the rider forgets to regulate the cadence, the horse begins to take control.

  Nuno Oliveira

  Horse, Cadence, Forget

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• What the myths say, is that you have to be the hero of your own life. You're the one who has to take charge of who you are, you're the one who has to take control. And also, you're the one who can bring something to the community.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Hero, Healing, Community

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• [T]he truth is you don't need some external demon to take control of you to turn you into a raging, money-obsessed sociopath, you only need to let loose the demons you already have inside of you.

  Jay-Z

  Needs, Demon, Truth Is

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.67, Random House Group

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• A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Power, Desire, Essentials

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• Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Are you satisfied with where you are and the direction you are going? If not, take control of your life and change whatever needs to be changed. You and only you have the power to do this. You can change your world!

  Napoleon Hill

  Control Of Your Life, Needs, World

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• Obviously, this isn't the time in my life that I would have chosen to do this, but I feel like life gives you these challenges for a reason. I feel so happy and glad to be in the place that I am. I really feel blessed. This is something I need to face and take control of.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Blessed, Giving, Challenges

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I view the prostitute as one of the few women who is totally in control of her fate, totally in control of the realm of sex. The lesbian feminists tried to take control of female sexuality away from men - but the prostitute was doing that all along.

  Camille Paglia

  Sex, Fate, Men

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• The only thing I can think to do is if the Democratic Party can do what the Republicans have done, which is go in there and take control of these legislatures and governors' areas.

  Collin Peterson

  Party, Thinking, Done

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• We are the people and America is really nothing without the people. We have to take control and we have realize as young people that this is our future. We have to live here and this where we'll one day raise our own children.

  Zendaya

  Children, America, People

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• It should be no surprise that when rich men take control of the government, they pass laws that are favorable to themselves. The surprise is that those who are not rich vote for such people, even though they should know from bitter experience that the rich will continue to rip off the rest of us.

  Andrew Greeley

  Rip, Men, Law

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• I feel especially vulnerable when I know I've let the reactive ego take control of my actions and it may have had hurtful implications with someone I love. I feel vulnerable when I don't listen to my conscience.

  Richard Brancatisano

  Ego, Hurtful, May

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Obviously what I think Senator [John] Kerry was pointing to, which is absolutely correct, which is the essential part of the strategy or a key component or a leg on the stool, is an Afghan partner that is ready to take control of both the security situation in Afghanistan, and the civilian side of that.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Thinking, Keys, Legs

  "Rahm Emanuel, Senator Kerry, Senator Cornyn on "Face the Nation"". Interview with John Dickerson, www.realclearpolitics.com. October 18, 2009.

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• Release yourself from the power you've invested in your mirror and those around you - take control of who you are and how you feel!

  Denise Austin

  Mirrors, How You Feel, Release

  FaceBook post by Denise Austin from Jul 13, 2014

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• I'm in my 30's, and I'm still struggling with defining myself. I'm working every day to take control of things that are out of my control, and not letting them bring me down or frustrate me, to the point of paralysis.

  Lauren Iungerich

  Struggle, Defining, Paralysis

  Source: collider.com

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• Be like a sponge and desire the Lord with everything that's within you. Every case that does that, they are on the floor receiving. People pray for you, that's your time to receive. Pray on the way out, you can pray later. Don't take control, you can take control later. The whole deal is, you lose control, He takes control. He gets you out of your comfort zone, makes you feel vulnerable, right? You can analyze it later can't you?

  John Arnott

  People, Desire, Receiving

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• Instead of being a Woodrow Wilson democracy promoter we ought to hunt down our enemies and kill ISIS rather than creating opportunities for ISIS to take control of new countries.

  Ted Cruz

  Country, Opportunity, Isis

  CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• This is the key. If you get into deep water with these substances, this is true of psilocybin as well, you don't want to clench, you don't want to assume the fetal position and stop breathing. You want to sit up straight and breathe, and sing, and sing it back, and it will step back. You can take control of your situation ... most of the time.

  Terence McKenna

  Breathing, Keys, Deep Water

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• I think it's really important to do what you want to do because in the long-run it's your career, you want everything to go well and you want to be happy with what you're doing. It was really important for me to take control of my career.

  Cher Lloyd

  Running, Thinking, Careers

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• With each new day, I'm learning how to take control in order to have balance in my life. I plan time for myself and my loved ones and take it.

  Alicia Keys

  Order, New Day, Balance

  "Alicia Keys Talks Inspiration, Family And Prayer With ORIGIN Magazine (PHOTOS)". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 1, 2013.

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• It's important for me to play women who can overcome adversity, make change, and take control of their lives. I think it's a great time for women in TV and film in general, and I want to help tell these stories.

  Beth Riesgraf

  Adversity, Thinking, Play

  "Beth Riesgraf: On caring for yourself to care for others amid all of life's 'complications'". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• When you need a lifestyle change due to [health issues], a dietary change is usually the first thing you need to take control of.

  Mark Spitz

  Issues, Needs, Firsts

  Interview with Tim Cheung, hk.asiatatler.com. September 10, 2012.

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• So there's that, and then there's always things you can do with the tips. Except for this, what they call the arrow tips, they'll all be non-lethal cause again we're not trying kill anybody, just sort of take control of the situation. They'll probably throw in a lot of gimmicks with the tips and trick arrows, and things like that. And ya the new, cool.

  Jeremy Renner

  Arrows, Trying, Gimmicks

  Source: screenrant.com

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