Ben Foster Quotes

I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, 'I let go and I'm going to let the cards fall where they fall... For a control freak, it's hard.

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.

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

Things change when you learn to loosen your grip. I think one way and the future is desperate. I think another way everything is in sight. Trees bend so branches don't have to break. We mend the wounds of our last mistake... I live one way holding onto the fence post. I live another way sliding off into space. Each life is loosely assembled... Birds swim, fish do fly. Proud man begins to cry. Birds swim, fish do fly. Things change, so why can't I?

One of the hard lessons to learn in life is that there are some things you can control and some things you can't. If you want a short recipe for being frustrated and miserable, this is it: focus on things you can't control.

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

I don't let things go unless I'm ready for them to go.

Our impulse as people is to try to control; as an actor, you have to give up that control.

I'm far more ready to go with the flow now because I am more accepting of myself.

If I try to age more naturally without caging myself in, I believe I'll be able to become a more mature adult.

There are reasons to set boundaries for yourself, but there are also reasons to keep doors open.

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.

I just want to be myself. You learn from yourself, and that doesn't mean you have to drive slower; it actually means you have to drive faster, but maybe with a little bit in control, and that's what I learned.

You want to be in control of a lot. You grow up. You sink or swim. I suppose I swam.

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

You have the power to let power go

Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.

Even if the steering wheel fits, you don't have to keep gripping it.

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

I guess when somebody offers you a movie, you don't say no. That's what I've learned.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

Learn to expect less from life and more from yourself. Accept the changes that life throws at you. Remember, your destiny is pretty much in your hands. So, as your mom may have told you, keep them clean.

There have been setbacks, illnesses and other obstacles, so inevitably I've had disappointments. But once you realise that things can't always go your own way, you're on the right track to being able to handle your own life.

I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.

Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do.