The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
Julia CameronIn framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
James MadisonTags: freedom people government control rule leaders checks-and-balances
The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven't stopped being surprised. The war on terror has had no discernible trajectory, and, unlike other military conflicts, it's almost impossible to define victory. You can't document the war's progress on a world map or chart it on a historical timetable in a way that makes any sense. A country used to a feeling of being in command and control has been whipsawed into a state of perpetual reaction, swinging wildly between passive fear and fevered, often thoughtless, activity, at a high cost to its self-confidence.
George PackerTags: progress war victory 9-11 control self-confidence reaction surprise terror command american-history 9-11-10th-anniversary
She felt like a baton getting passed along in a relay race, completely devoid of any control over her destiny.
Gretchen McNeilI don't like taking from anyone. I'd rather be a giver, though not for any worthy reason. It's about control, obviously. If I give, I control; if I take, I am controlled. If someone offers me something for free I am at once suspicious.
Margaret ForsterTags: control giving-and-taking
You can't retire to weakness -- you've got to learn to control strength.
Wallace StegnerTags: strength power weakness control
I felt as if I had no control over what I said, as if loathsome, ugly words were waiting inside me like snakes and toads looking for a chance to sneak out before I could stop them.
Gloria WhelanTags: emotions control anger spite
Never let haters 'still' your flow. They can only do so with your permission.
T.F. HodgeTags: hate determination control influence authority quotes permission
Manipulation, fueled with good intent, can be a blessing. But when used wickedly, it is the beginning of a magician's karmic calamity.
T.F. HodgeTags: blessings wicked manipulation control chaos confusion quotes karma good-intentions calamity sorcery wizardry
The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that "if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead.
Jack WeatherfordTags: control leadership pride anger-management ghengis-khan historical-person mongols
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