Restraint Quotes

361 Restraint quotes by 286 unique authors

You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect â€” even on Selena after a very modest quantity.… — Sarah Caudwell
Adrian's face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was about to happen. — Richelle Mead
The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time. They are kneeling… — Terry Tempest Williams
The Church's stand on birth control is the most absolutely spiritual of all her stands and with all of us being materialists at heart, there… — Flannery O'Connor
We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a position where much… — Erich Fromm
For though, as we have said, all children are heartless, this is not precisely true of teenagers. Teenage hearts are raw and new, fast and… — Catherynne M. Valente
In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint. — Chinua Achebe
What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Well, but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little exposed to temptation,… — Anne Bronte
There is a drowsy state, between sleeping and waking, when you dream more in five minutes with your eyes half open, and yourself half conscious… — Charles Dickens
New Rule: Food companies must face the facts: One container equals one serving. Look, weâ€™re Americans, and that means once we open the bag, thereâ€™s… — Bill Maher
No matter what happens, you will always be Pack. Because you have that loyalty and restraint. Not human, not whatever, but Kate. Unique and different,… — Ilona Andrews
The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require… — John F. Kennedy
Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in… — William O. Douglas
Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way. — Robert De Niro
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most. — Thucydides
When it comes to satisfying our spiritual appetites, there is no such thing as excess. There are no restraints placed on us by God. There… — Sam Storms
Science is a magnificent force, but it is not a teacher of morals. It can perfect machinery, but it adds no moral restraints to protect… — William Jennings Bryan
The practice of that which is ethically best-what we call goodness or virtue-involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that… — Thomas Huxley
Freedom is not the absence of obligation or restraint, but the freedom of movement within healthy, chosen parameters. — Kristin Armstrong

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