Quotes About Control

He isn't a horse, Elayne. You don't own him.

The moon by day the sun by night, deaf woman, blind men, jackdaw fool, let the lord of Chaos rule.

Men listened closer to calm tones than to the loudest shouts, so long as firmness and certainty accompanied the calm.

Some men," she said, not raising her eyes from his hand, "choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced. A man who's forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him.

She probably told the thunder to be quiet. It probably did.

Sometimes, it was difficult to tell Nynaeve leading from Nynaeve bullying.

Anyone but Aes Sedai would have gaped at her. As it was, Romanda very nearly spluttered.

Letting emotions go clouds judgment for a moment, but holding them in clouds it always. Just be sure you do not release them too often, or when it is best to keep control of them.

Anger made for hasty decisions and rash words that sometimes were hard to take back.

They want to own the world, but it seems you already own a people.

It is better to be the hammer than the nail.

but who can know the heart of a man? Not even he himself, I suspect. A man is the easiest animal to put on a leash, and the hardest to keep leashed. Even when he chooses it himself.

there was nothing a woman liked better than finding men who were relaxing, then giving them orders.

we are the hare, and it is the hounds who dictate the chase.

You can do nothing with the One Power when emotion rules your mind.

WOULD YOU UNLEASH THE BALEFIRE IN MY SERVICE, DEMANDRED?

Being a soldier is about keeping your terror in check.

El hombre es el animal que se somete más fácilmente a un yugo, y el más difícil de mantener sujeto a él. Incluso cuando él lo escoge libremente.

Being in control wasn't so much about the power you had, but the power you implied that you had.

Letting emotions go clouds judgment for a moment, but holding them in clouds it always. Just

To control saidar, you first had to surrender to it. Fight, and it would come wildly, or overwhelm you; surrender and guide it gently, and it did as you wished.

Si ello no basta para refrenarte, te prometo que haré que maldigas el primer beso que intercambiaron tu padre y tu madre.

The wheel weaves as the wheel wills.

Only by surrendering to the Pattern can you begin to have some control over the course of your own life. If you fight, the Pattern will still force you, and you will find only misery where you might have found contentment instead.