Quotes About Control

The thing about fate, Magnus: even if we can't change the big picture, our choices can alter the details.That's how we rebel against destiny, how we make our mark. What will you choose to do?

Don't you ever feel that way? Like you could do a better job if you rqan the world?' 'Um... no. Me running the world would be kind of a nightmare.

Percy muttered. 'I want to drown her.' 'Be patient, water boy.' 'Don't call me water boy.

Very good, Jason Grace, Notus said. You are a son of Jupiter, yet you have chosen your own path- as all the greatest demigods have done before you. You cannot control your parentage, but you can choose your legacy.

The guy had literally been through hell and back. Even when he wasn't trying, he made the toilets explode. What would Percy be like if he wanted to act scary?

Normally, as long as I'm telling him what to do, he wins in a fight.

I must admit I'm impressed, Sadie. You controlled your magic and controlled Isis. And you, Carter, did well turning into a lizard.

It's a good thing Jack was no longer in my hands, because I would've pulled a full-on Kylo Ren temper tantrum.

Calm down, Horus said. Don't tell me to calm down! Bast frowned. I didn't. Talking to him! I pointed at my forehead.

The darkness is my birthright.

Your lifeline...oh, the burning stick. Right. Leo resisted the urge to set his hand ablaze and yell: BWAH HA HA!

As for her charmspeak, she'd gotten so powerful it made Leo nervous. If she told him to eat his vegetables, he might actually do it.

The world will end. The big picture cannot be changed. But in the meantime, as Loki once said, we can choose to alter the details. That's how we take control of our destiny.

Well, said Apollo with a brave smile. You were right, my dear. You had everything under control! Let's go see if we boiled anyone important, shall we?

Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding. -Hestia

Who's possessing who now, Casper?

The good thing is Jason and I both outrank you so we can both tell you to shut up.

Even the gods couldn't devise a fates so twisted.

You cannot control your parentage, but you can choose your legacy

Valdez, said Coach Hedge with surprising gentleness. Let me take the wheel. You've been steering for two hours. Two hours? Yeah. Give me the wheel. Coach? Yeah, kid? I can't unclench my hands.

That wasn't my future I destroyed,' she assured herself. 'I make my own future.

I'd made water shoot out of the bathroom fixtures. I didn't understand how. But the toilets responded to me. I had become one with the plumbing.

You're Meg McCaffrey, he decided. Yep. Cool. I'm Leo. And, uh... He pointed at me. I understand you can, like, control this guy? I cleared my throat. We merely cooperate ! I'm not controlled by anyone. Right, Meg? Slap yourself, Meg commanded. I slapped myself. Leo grinned. Oh, this is too good. I'm going to check on Calypso, but later we need to talk. He slid down the ladder railings, leaving me with a deep sense of foreboding.

As a magician, you must think about chaos and order. Those are the two forces that control the universe.