"I control what I can and leave the rest in fate's hands" is an English equivalent of the Italian phrase Io controllo le cose ch'io posso e lascio il riposo nelle mani di fatalità. The declarative statement translates literally into English as "I control the things that I can and leave the rest in the hands of fate." The pronunciation will be "EE-o kon-TROL-lo le KO-sey KEE-p POS-so e LA-sho eel ree-PO-so NEL-ley MA-nee dee fa-TA-lee-TA" in Italian.