A Quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Getting control of life is never easy, and sometimes it can be definitely painful.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Hungarian - Psychologist
Born: September 29, 1934

You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.

Atul Gawande

I'm making a great effort because sometimes life is not enjoyable. Sometimes it's painful and sometimes it's stressful, sometimes it's agonizing even, so I think once you get around those humps: strive for pleasure and peace.

Morgan Freeman

Music was my whole life, not a career. It definitely was never easy... Still isn't.

Chris Shiflett

Life shows us all the time, really and truly, that you're not in control of most things, but at the same time, the things that you are able to control, you should definitely hold on to that. But it's okay that you can't control every aspect of your life.

Rozonda Thomas

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

Kimora Lee Simmons

I think I just have to control what I can control. I can control myself. I can't control anything else but what I do. I definitely know I can do a better job at that.

Odell Beckham, Jr.

Life is about change, sometimes it's painful, sometimes it's beautiful, but most of the time it's both.

Kristin Kreuk

There's no control in life, is there? There's only one who's in control, and He'll take me when He wants me. I don't want to know about it. It's none of my business. But when it happens, I just ask that it won't be painful and that He forgives me my sins.

Chris Farley

It is long and hard and painful to create life: it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

George Bernard Shaw

It's never easy getting an independent film made and distributed - even when it's easy.

Paul Dinello

Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.

Gretchen Rubin

During cancer, when I was flat out on the bed, I was so helpless. I wanted to do things my way, but it was not happening. I learnt to trust the process of life and letting other people also sometimes take control. I became more easy-going.

Manisha Koirala

My life was definitely going into a nosedive. When my parents separated (and) divorced when I was fifteen, I definitely lost my bearings and was completely out of control. My grades were plummeting. I had no direction. I was a pretty angry teenager (and) somewhat destructive. So, I broke down in a church when I was 18 and turned my life over to God, thankfully.

Michael Landon, Jr.

I can't control life for my grandchildren, so how could I control a story? Sometimes I try to force something, and after working and working on that chapter, I realise that I am swimming against the current. I will never get there. So I have to let go of whatever previous idea I had about it and let the characters decide.