Quotes About Control

Perhaps it was time, for once, to stop letting the rain dictate his mood. He couldn't banish the seed of darkness inside him, but Stormfather, he didn't need to let it rule him either.

The wisest of men know that to render an insult powerless, you often need only to embrace it.

A river is easier to channel than to stop.

I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you're not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book." Blushweaver

Life was a tempest, whether you were a milkmaid or a queen. The queens were simply better at projecting control in the middle of that storm.

What good is seeking a greater law, when that law can be the whims of a man either stupid or ruthless?

Breeze shrugged. "Manipulation works so well on a personal level, i don't see why it wouldn't be an equally viable national policy.

See? One step at a time. You can do this. I can do this. Whatever it takes." He nodded by wobbling his drone up and down. "Okay!" he said. "Whatever it takes. My! That feels good. To at least pretend we're in control! I like it. Is this how you feel all the time?

Unfortunately, Alanik, the game takes no care for your interest. It plays you either way

Cadsuane, do you believe that I could kill you? Right here, right now, without using a sword or the Power? Do you believe that if I simply willed it, the Pattern would bend around me and stop your heart? By . . . coincidence?

Because he knew we'd never rebel on our own, so he gave us no choice.

Tell me. Why would you consider me insane, but the man who can't hold a job, who cheats on his wife, who can't keep his temper in check? You call him sane? ... Plenty of sane people can't manage to keep it all under control. Their mental state--stress, anxiety, frustration--gets in the way of their ability to be happy. Compared to them, I think I'm downright stable.

We must not cower in the dark because we're afraid of the spark within us. The answer is not to put out the spark, but to learn to control it.

A man's emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength.

The first step to being in control was to see yourself as capable of being in control.

Men like power, and they love controlling something powerful.

Progress was taking nature and putting a box around it.

We may feel in control, but we never truly are unless we understand people. Controlling our environment is no longer about blocking the wind, it's about knowing why the serving lady was crying last night, or why a particular guard always loses at cards. Or why your employer hired you in the first place.

You cannot keep all men confined all the time," Abraham said, "not without creating a strong prison. So instead you allow some measure of freedom for those who really, really want it. That way, they do not become rebels. If you do it right.

If men read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.

Well done, Spin," Cobb said over a private line. "You have the passion. Now you're showing restraint.

On an individual basis, in most interactions, this thing we call power—authority—exists only as it is perceived.

Las emociones de un hombre son lo que lo definen, y el control es la marca de la verdadera fuerza. Carecer de sentimiento es estar muerto, pero actuar al dictado de cada sentimiento es ser un niño.

Laws are of men, Kaladin. Nature doesn't have them!