Naomi Campbell Quotes

I'm a bit of a control freak, and I had to realize you can't control everything in your life.

Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.

I'm learning not to hold on so tightly to my solitude. It's not an economical way to work. A driver would call it 'white-knuckling.' If you're holding on to the wheel so tightly, it's gonna lock up your driving. Releasing myself from trying to control everything has been part of growing up.

It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point.

I am a control freak, but not when I travel. For some reason when I travel, I am able to surrender more than in my real life. I am able to let go. I think it's why I like it so much.

Don't worry about planning every step of your life.

You can't control everything that comes to you.

Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That's what surfers do - take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we've become incredibly adept technically. We've treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part.

I tend to be really pragmatic, but ultimately tend to be attracted to people who pull me into more spontaneity. I've really learned that, through surrender, the best experiences of my life have happened.

I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.

One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.

I'm a little bit of a control freak, so it's been nice to learn to let go and just trust others.

I've always tried to control everything and every aspect of my life, and this is maybe the biggest lesson I've learnt with motherhood - you just can't control everything, and I'm much more relaxed now about unexpected changes and things that happen.

You have to let go of the control and allow things to develop. You need to have a flexible attitude, especially working with kids.

I think you have to let go of this idea that you can be precious about everything, and let it be the abstract mess that it is.

If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.

Don't plan too hard, because something much better might be out there.

I don't like anything that's too confining. I'm sort of a control freak, so anything that makes me feel like I'm out of control is a bit uncomfortable. But you know how it is, sometimes it's good to live a little!

A lot of them are afraid to sit down and break their position. You should be able to make it so natural that you can just get out, and sit down and walk away from it, and there's nothing wrong with that.

I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to lead me, but I follow it.

I always leave room for serendipity and chance.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

Life is a lot easier when you realize that you're not in control of it all.

I just took it one step at a time and let fate determine my destiny.