Quotes About Control

Patience is as fearsome a weapon as rage. More so, in fact, 'cause fewer men have it.

It is nice to hold the power and make the choices for everyone. But the risk of making any choice is always that you might make the wrong one. We must make our choices nonetheless. Fear of being a grown-up is a poor reason to remain a child.

In the end, no matter what they say, most folk want a path to follow. Someone to tell 'em it'll all be fine. Someone to tell 'em what to do.

If the Great Change had proved anything, it was that—with enough force, with enough fear—one could bend them into whatever knots one pleased.

Worry less about what the gods might do and more about what you can,

But then getting warriors to fight has always been easy. It's stopping the bastards that's the tougher trick.

I know you like to think you're jolting about helpless in a runaway cart, carried off to who-knows-where with no say in the matter, but if you look down, you might see you're holding the reins.

Besides, it somehow helped to imagine that the orders came from somewhere else, somewhere unknowable and irresistible. It was nice to have an attic in which to stack the blame. Friendly

A türelem éppen olyan félelmetes fegyver, mint a harag. S?t, félelmetesebb, mert kevesebb ember rendelkezik vele.

But laws did not appear at all the rigid pillars they once had. If the Great Change had proved anything, it was that—with enough force, with enough fear—one could bend them into whatever knots one pleased.

Within reach of his hand, the Bloody-Nine was master. The

A man in charge can't have men putting questions. Just can't have it. They come with questions first, then they come with knives.

Jezal was beginning to doubt that anyone in a position of high authority ever really knew what they were doing. The best one could hope for was to maintain some shred of an illusion that one might.

I may be no kind of fisher, but I've always had a talent for making men bleed. Best put that stick down before I make you fucking eat it.

Fear was born of arrogance. Of a belief that everything was not the will of God, and could be changed.

Being in charge can seem like a thing iron-forged, but in the end it's just an idea everyone agrees to. By

The vast majority of men would far rather be told what to do than make their own choices. Obedience is easy.

It is easy to smile at the bull you know is chained.

People like to watch the pretty puppets, Superior. Even a glimpse of the puppeteer can be most upsetting for them. Why, they might even suddenly notice the strings around their own wrists.

the vast majority of men would far rather be told what to do than make their own choices. Obedience is easy.' The

Fear is like cold water. A little is a fine thing, if fixes you on what counts. But too much will freeze you.

Funny," said the Nail, back in his floppy slouch already. "Barbs don't sting so much from a man you can slap whenever you please.

My master used to say that knowledge is the root of power, but I rather suspect power has a golden root these days.

but if you let other people's smugness make you angry you'll be angry all the time.