Reins Quotes

140 quotes by 133 authors

Darkness gives free rein to the mind's worst imaginings. — Jocelyn Murray
If you feel an overwhelming urge to act spontaneously, pull in the reins — Priscilla Shirer
We don't want to give the controls to someone else; we want those reins ourselves. We want to get our way. And we get upset… — Melody Beattie
It is easy to see that, even in the freedom of early youth, an American girl never quite loses control of herself; she enjoys all… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Women were the ones that held the reins, it emerged. — Anne Tyler
Nature drives with a loose rein and vitality of any sort can blunder through many a predicament in which reason would despair. — George Santayana
Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting. — Leonardo da Vinci
There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins. — Hafez
One must remember equality, yet also be aware of difference, for if the people are allowed to act as it pleases them without coming up… — Xunzi
When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole nation had burst… — Lytton Strachey
The incomprehensibleness of women is an old theory, but what is that to the curious wondering observation with which wives, mothers, and sisters watch the… — Margaret Oliphant
I'm a real 'go, go' person... I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a little bit and… — Shelley Long
If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smoking. And I'm a… — Olivia Colman
We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so… — Eric Cantor
The sooner we rein in the red tape factory in Washington, D.C., the sooner small businesses can get back to creating jobs and helping more… — Geoff Davis
Mathematics directs the flow of the universe, lurks behind its shapes and curves, holds the reins of everything from tiny atoms to the biggest stars. — Edward Frenkel
When you don't take responsibility, when you blame others, circumstances, fate or chance, you give away your power. When you take and retain full responsibility… — Jeff Olson
Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood. — William Shakespeare
Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's hand the reins, Pity and woe! for such a mind Is soft contemplative, and kind. — Walter Scott
Study the lives of our great women, who were models of patience, fortitude, compassion and sacrifice. I desire that you should take up the reins… — Sathya Sai Baba

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