The good diarist writes either for himself alone or for a posterity so distant that it can safely hear every secret and… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave. — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A very common symptom in maniacal conditions is erotic excitement. This varies from mere coquetry, a somewhat extended application of the command… — Daniel Hack Tuke Copy Share Image
Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will… — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
With a title like this-There's a Box in the Garage You Can Beat with a Stick-is there really a whole lot left… — Dara Wier Copy Share Image
“Saiyam (a state free of anger-pride-deceit-greed, attachment and abhorrence) cannot be attained through egoism. Renunciation can take place through egoism. In renouncing,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It's tough. It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities - patience, poise, restraint - to the flame. — Billy Casper Copy Share Image
Without union our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without union they can never be maintained. Divided into twenty-four, or… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul? — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
Healthy parenting is especially challenging when our own childhoods weren't healthy. It requires energy, attention, and constant restraint. Realize that you need… — Vimala McClure Copy Share Image
“Where saiyam (a state free of anger-pride-deceit-greed, attachment and abhorrence) does not leave a clear impression, there the vitaraag dharma (the religion… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Falling in love makes smoking pot all day look like the ultimate in restraint. — Dave Sim Copy Share Image
There are several reasons to oppose tax increases. First, every dollar of tax increase is a dollar you didn't get in spending… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
People who make use of all their senses in trying times are no less patriotic than those whose restraint is lost, whose… — Gideon Levy Copy Share Image
The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint; the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Mr. Obama's choices show how fundamentally unserious he is about deficit reduction and spending restraint. — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
The emergence of consciousness, like the unfolding of a leaf, relies upon restraint. — Peter Atkins Copy Share Image
Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
When one gives whatever one can without restraint, the barriers of individuality break down. It no longer becomes possible to tell whether… — Laozi Copy Share Image
