#control

You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life-lesson #pretend #change

There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#control #greatness #power #words #change

Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it. ↗

— David Richo

#control #humility #change

Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either master the devil or throw him out With wondrous potency. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#priorities #self-control #self-improvement #uprightness #change

The most dramatic instances of directed behavior change and "mind control" are not the consequence of exotic forms of influence, such as hypnosis, psychotropic drugs, or "brainwashing," but rather the systematic manipulation of the most mundane aspects of human nature over time in confining settings. ↗

— Philip G. Zimbardo

#mind-control #change

The world you once knew is no more for you. ↗

— Travis Luedke

#change #control #domination #nightlife #submission

Great men have great discipline. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#great #greatness #hero #leaders #leadership

Is is true that dictators never dream because they can change their smallest fantasies into realities if they want to? ↗

— Alfred de Musset

#dictators #dreams #change

You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you. ↗