Beth Ditto Quotes

Once you let the words go, you have no control over how they're printed or what the media does with them. So there's no point in trying to make plans or to control it.

I believe that you are only in control of so much. So whatever you are not in control of you can't worry about.

Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the aged eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?

There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.

I've also learned that sometimes, no matter how much you want things to work, you have to accept that sometimes they just don't.

I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. It's a relief to accept that not everything is under your control.

You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.

When I finish a job, I surrender it completely. I have to, because after that, it really is out of my hands.

One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don't have any control.

Do nothing. Do nothing. Let it happen. Don't try.

I just don't see the point in sitting around hollering the blues over things you have no control over. It's all in God's hands.

I tend to let the chips fall where they may. I don't know if that's right or wrong.

With situations that you have no power over, there is no point in worrying about one thing or another. Why think about things that you can't control?

There are things we control - but things that are not in control, no point wasting time and energy into that.

You can't control everything.

There are things that are not in your control and you will never be able to control them. You've got to accept that very quickly.

I am a micromanager, and I love being involved in every detail of my life, but in the big picture, you realize how little control you have. 'Air I Breathe' is about those moments of surrender where you get to something that is bigger than you, and you don't have answers for it.

Writing a film is like giving birth to a baby and then giving it up for adoption.

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn't mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance, or a struggle for control.

Never say about anything, "I have lost it," but only "I have given it back." Is your child dead? It has been given back. Is your wife dead? She has been returned.

It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.

I think I've gone through my life with the understanding that you've got to let go and you can't think that you're going to control your destiny.