Restraint Quotes

361 Restraint quotes by 286 unique authors

From all these experiences the most important thing I have learned is that legibility and beauty stand close together and that type design, in its… — Adrian Frutiger
Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked... — Mary Wortley Montagu
Discipline in typography is a prime virtue. Individuality must be secured by means that are rational. Distinction needs to be won by simplicity and restraint.… — Stanley Morison
The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint. — Elsie de Wolfe
This is a time that calls for extreme restraint. In a world of outright aggression and violence there can be no winners. To respond to… — Tenzin Palmo
The borrowers will always be willing to take a great deal for themselves. Itâ€™s up to the lenders to show restraint, and when they lose… — Michael Burry
What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul? — Abraham Kuyper
A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces. — Henry Ward Beecher
Falling in love makes smoking pot all day look like the ultimate in restraint. — Dave Sim
Reckless action is worse than wise restraint. — Danielle Trussoni
The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery. — Steven James
Restraint offers a space between intention and action and the opportunity to protect others from actions or reactions that should exist only in your imagination — Stephanie Dowrick
It is impossible to restore the sustainable societies of indigenous and aboriginal peoples. But the values they embodied - careful stewardship of the earth, modest… — Jeremy Seabrook
Your pursuit of personal greatness challenges others to fear for their own causes, their own battles and pursuits. Your freedom is a reminder of their… — James Victore
Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth. — Nouman Ali Khan
The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course,… — J. Irwin Miller
Celebration... is self restraint, is attentiveness, is questioning, is meditating, is awaiting, is the step over into the more wakeful glimpse of the wonder -… — Martin Heidegger
I had no way of knowing where it began or where it ended. Only that it flowed without restraint. — Shin Kyung-sook
All restraints upon man's natural liberty, not necessary for the simple maintenance of justice, are of the nature of slavery, and differ from each other… — Lysander Spooner
I don't know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt when I watched the twin towers crumble to the ground, a… — Karl Rove

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