Restraint Quotes

361 Restraint quotes by 286 unique authors

You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a… — Jim Lee
Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down under… — George Packer
I developed the concept of the Happy Warrior as a rallying cry for those of us who want to restore America to its great foundational… — Monica Crowley
Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression. — James E. Faust
America is a noisy culture, unlike, say, Finland, which values silence. Individualism, dominant in the U.S. and Germany, promotes the direct, fast-paced style of communication… — Laurie Helgoe
Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting… — Todd Young
Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever… — Mary Wortley Montagu
This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless… — Algernon Sidney
Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and… — Breyten Breytenbach
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint. — Marianne Moore
If I have a look around at the moment I feel great relief because finally others are entering the limelight. Men like Robert Pattinson must… — Jude Law
And let the Fed sell bonds to bring bank reserves back down to required reserve levels, so we have restraint on bank lending and bank… — Arthur Laffer
While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint and… — Fred Upton
I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those who have the tolerance and self-restraint that is required to… — Bertrand Russell
Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of… — Edmund Burke
Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the nation of the strings of the public purse is a… — Thomas Jefferson
The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, honesty; Nonviolence,… — Bhagavad Gita
A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only… — Abraham Lincoln
We in this country, in this generation, are--by destiny rather than choice--the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don't deserve the restraint we show by not… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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