William Glasser: Control

William Glasser was American psychiatrist. Explore interesting quotes on control.
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“To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it. This use of nouns and adjectives makes it logical for us to believe that we can do nothing for ourselves…but you are capable of choosing something better. If it is a choice, it follows that you are responsible for making it. With verbs, you are not a victim of mental illness; you are either the beneficiary of your own good choices or the victim of your own bad choices. You are not ill in the usual sense of having the flu or food poisoning. A choice theory world is a tough responsible world; you cannot use grammar to escape responsibility for what you are doing.”

William Glasser

Source: Choice Theory (1997), p. 75

World , Food , Sense

“Your teen may be weaker, but he is not without the ability to do himself and others a lot of harm by showing you that you can't control him at school or anywhere else when he is out of your sight…. [W]hen he is on his own, your only control over him is the strength of your relationship.”

William Glasser

Source: Unhappy Teenagers A Way for Parents and Teachers to Reach Them (2002), p.9

School

“When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.”

William Glasser

[p.70]
Choice Theory (1997)

Feeling

“The Seven Deadly Habits of External Control: Blaming, Criticizing, Complaining, Nagging, Threatening, Punishing, and Bribing”

William Glasser

Rewarding to Control
Unhappy Teenagers A Way for Parents and Teachers to Reach Them (2002)

“We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.”

William Glasser

Choice Theory (1997)

“If you depend on the widespread lover's delusion, 'With my love he or she will change,' you have little chance to help yourself. This delusion is external control to the maximum. If things are not good from the beginning, they are very likely to change, but not for the better.”

William Glasser

Source: Choice Theory (1997), p. 105

Love , Lovers , Change , Chance