I used to think the opposite of control was chaos. But it's not. The opposite of control is surrender.

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. — Alexander Hamilton

For so must it be  and help me do my part. — Anonymous

There are no conditions to which a man cannot become accustomed. — Leo Tolstoy

A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately. — Eleanor R. Belmont

Man adapts himself to everything  to the best and the worst. — Jose Ortega y Gasset

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome  stubbornness is stupid. — Simone de Beauvoir

Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers. — Johann von Goethe

Real life is  to most men ... a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible. — Bertrand Russell