Restraint Quotes

361 Restraint quotes by 286 unique authors

It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives… — Samuel Johnson
I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who… — Martin Amis
There are some who maintain that trade will regulate itself, and it is not to be benefited by the encouragements or restraints of government. Such… — Alexander Hamilton
But restraint is the only one sort of control, and absence of restraint isn't freedom. It's not control that's lacking when one feels 'free', but… — B.F. Skinner
Everything must be free to be written and published without restraint — John Stuart Mill
More directly linked to the impact of technology, it involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled and directed society. Such a society would be… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for… — Charlotte Bronte
In an age when schools are facing significant budgetary restraints, there is a greater need than ever to make chess available to as many students… — Garry Kasparov
Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy. — Holly Lisle
It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint — Mahatma Gandhi
Soil is not usually lost in slabs or heaps of magnificent tonnage. It is lost a little at a time over millions of acres by… — Wendell Berry
Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world. — Edmund Burke
I think we are trying to run the space age with horse and buggy moral and spiritual equipment. Technology you see has no morals; and… — Billy Graham
I grant this mode of secluding boys from the intercourse of private families has a tendency to make them scholars, but our business is to… — Benjamin Rush
I think my soul never was in such an agony before. I felt no restraint, for the treasures of divine grace were opened to me.… — David Brainerd
Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false… — Marquis de Sade
The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe. — Gautama Buddha
I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are… — Hesiod
I consider the domestic virtue of the Americans as the principle source of all their other qualities. It acts as a promoter of industry, as… — Francis Grund
The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity. — Gautama Buddha

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