Sentences with phrase «control over the lives»

It's almost as if we have some sort of control over our lives when we hear about someone who got tired of the grind and left it all to find success in the job of their dreams.

People object to a system that they see as being dominated by big pharma, a system that intrusively asserts control over our lives, telling us what's wrong with us, and telling us what we must do in order to get better (as they choose to define «better»).

«Producing something important, gaining respect for it, feeling a sense of control over your life, feeling a connection to other people — that gives people a real sense of passion,» Newport says.

«It is the gateway to surrendering our perception of control over our lives and over the actions of others.»

Leadership comes with additional responsibility, but also additional opportunities, more respect, and more control over your life.

Working for yourself also brings a degree of control over your life, one you can't get otherwise.

We need to give our kids some control over their lives and let them test their limits - under our watchful eye!

They wanted to have more control over their lives, and teach their values to their 10 - year - old daughter, Eliza.

Our mission is to give people who have overcome challenges the ability to assert more control over their lives and build a legacy they can be proud of.

It is about time women take back control over their lives instead of bowing down to religion that are ruled by men who want women to be second class citizens of the world.

So I would say you don't really have full control over your life.

She shows what it looks like to finally give God full control over our lives and choose His sovereignty over our own ability.

Maybe God had no control over your life, but alcohol did!

Otherwise, He would quasi cease to have control over our lives (humanly spoken at least — I don't know how it works either).

I believe that it is part of the desire to have power and control over the lives of people, that the church has had the arrogance to act like they have power and control over God's grace.

Why did you give a book and an organization so much control over your life?

On the contrary, «fundamentalism has offered ordinary people of conservative instincts an alternative to liberal faith in human progress, a way of making sense out of the world, exerting some control over their lives, and creating a way of life they can believe in.»

We often call it «letting go of control» but really, all we are doing is trying to gain more control over our life.

A lot of the anxiety in our generation is caused by an illusion of total control over our lives.

Geraldine here we see satans tactics to gain control over our lives and he uses pride as a means to control us if our hearts arent submitted to God we get lured into sin or our need for success or to please others or impress others of our worth.Being born again means to have our new identity in Christ we turn away from our old nature and take on his nature or identity.In the process we are redeemed through the blood of Jesus and our lives are transformed so we become as he is.

By this I mean that they have less control over their lives, less latitude in decision - making, and less influence over political, educational, and economic institutions which impinge upon their lives, than is the case with people in the middle classes.

They were looked upon as an expression of the power of papal universalism; the popes and churchmen who sponsored these enterprises hoped that they would demonstrate to the whole world the strength of the church's control over the lives of the believers.

The question that Christians (or other religious people) should ask themselves here is philosophical rather than sociological: Granting (as I think we must) that modern science has given us new and often penetrating insights into reality and that modern technology has enormously increased our control over our lives, is it not possible that in the process some very precious things have been lost?

trust and love each other as sisters (not competitors for male approval)... deciding and re-deciding each day, individually and together, that we will take control over our lives... and struggle together for the liberation of all women.

Ask them why on Earth ANYONE who believes in DEMOCRACY, personal freedom, and small govt would bow to some UNELECTED invisible man in the clouds who tells them what to do, gives us no control over our lives (it's all a «divine plan» remember?)

When the laws of early Israel were in process of formation, rubric and ethic were combined and, thus deposited together in the written statutes, they continued to exercise together a binding control over life.

It is a mighty god and, like more ancient ones, gives people a measure of control over their lives.

Well, the only thing I can say about that is that I have let go of many false gods that had control over my life to find freedom.

Obama has already signed over 900 Executive Orders that pretty focus on greater government control over our lives.

We talked and she came to realize that her hatred was giving him control over her life even though they were no longer sharing physical space.

When you work for yourself and have more control over your life you are able to discover who you really are and the self - development that you go through is amazing.

The Fairtrade mission is to connect disadvantaged producers and consumers, promote fairer trading conditions, and empower producers to combat poverty, strengthen their position, and take more control over their lives.

Just as my dad and his aquatic cronies «enjoyed getting better as time tries to pass them by,» I, too, was realizing that physical limitations often are a state of mind and that most of us have more control over our lives — and bodies — than we assume.

They give up their dreams, their major possessions, their freedom, control over their lives, their wealth, their self - respect, and their sex life.

She may keep the issues of pregnancy and a baby at arm's length to maintain some notion of control over her life, and may be reluctant to talk about it.

Give Your Kids Some Control Often, the hardest part of moving for kids is the sense of losing control over their lives.

Some picky eating is because a child is trying to exert control over his life but that isn't always the case.

«It gives them the power to have some control over their lives, with support and to the best of their ability.

And should the relationship develop into marriage, she takes his name, she takes his money, she takes his control over his life, and does everything she can to change him into something she would never have dated had he been that way to begin with.

Small children have very little control over their lives, and the more powerless they feel, the more likely they are to make eating, getting dressed, going to the potty, etc. a battle of wills.

A slow nighttime routine is always better than a speedy one, and toddlers tend to respond better when they have some semblance of control over their lives, so slow down in the evenings and give your toddler some control over their bedtime by cutting out colorful pictures of each element of the routine and pasting them on magnets or ping - pong balls, then let your toddler arrange the magnets in the order they want to do bedtime or pick the ping - pong balls out of a jar for a fun element of surprise.

Do you want more control over your life?

It also involves developing skills, capability and capacity to gain some reasonable amount of control over our lives.

It's all about surrendering all control over his life so that she can make all the decisions for her benefit and that of her kids.

Little losses of control that remind us how motherhood is made up of a thousand little losses of control over our lives in general.

«Children have almost no control over their lives, and when they see that their parents don't have any, either, it becomes incredibly frightening to them.

Make sure to let your child have a voice in determining the limits so they feel like they have some control over their lives and so they feel some ownership over the limits.

Many complained that they had no real control over their lives.

In other words, we need to feel as if we have control over our lives, our goals, and the actions we take to achieve those goals.

Spending time with positive people who allow you feel good about yourself and inspire you will, in turn, give you the strength and courage to get control over your life, and transmit this power to your children.