I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it.
If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both par...
Here’s a simple test to check and see if you have surrendered or if you are still struggling with control. When you are miserable, stressed, doubtful, and fearful, you are in control. When you are happy, peaceful, confident, and faithful, God is in...
I am firmly convinced to-day that, generally speaking, it is in youth that men lay the essential groundwork of their creative thought, wherever that creative thought exists. I make a distinction between the wisdom of age- which can only arise from th...
Given the freedom to create, everybody is creative. All of us have an innate, instinctive desire to change our environment, to put our original stamp on this world, to tell a story never told before. I’m absolutely thrilled at the moment of creativ...
Sir Ken Robinson’s 2008 talk on educational reform—entitled “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”—has now been viewed more than 4 million times. In it Robinson cites the fact that children’s scores on standard tests of creativity decline as they ...
My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on.
You cannot control life, life controls you.
I'm not a control freak.
I am a control freak.
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.
I'd rather control someone than be controlled.
He who controls the remote, controls the world
Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
Praise is the portal to the presence of God.
My creative process involves that old saying: It's 90% perspiration and only 10% inspiration.
You can't force creatives into a box. If you try, they'll no longer be creative. And no one will want your box.
One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'
Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: The creative act.
