Restraint Quotes

361 Restraint quotes by 286 unique authors

Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint, with a compassionate heart. She… — Unknown Author
The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint.… — Socrates
Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire. At the end of the day, it… — David Droga
The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free from government snooping… — Unknown Author
We must formulate, with both imagination and restraint, a new approach to the Middle East - not pressing our case so hard that the Arabs… — John F. Kennedy
Our peaceful borders and our peaceful history are important symbols, to be sure. What they symbolize, however, is the spirit of respect and restraint which… — Richard M. Nixon
The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent… — John Tyler
But the self-controlled man, moving among objects, with his senses under restraint, and free from both attraction and repulsion, attains peace. — Chinmayananda Saraswati
The vocabulary and manner of classical ballet express a high order of discipline and restraint, a sense of harmony with forces larger and more lasting… — Marcia Siegel
When one gives whatever one can without restraint, the barriers of individuality break down. It no longer becomes possible to tell whether it is the… — Laozi
Either practice restraint or be prepared for crowding — Flannery O'Connor
No bloody or unbloody change of society can eradicate the evil in man: as long as there will be men, there will be malice, envy… — Leo Strauss
A very common symptom in maniacal conditions is erotic excitement. This varies from mere coquetry, a somewhat extended application of the command "love one another",… — Unknown Author
For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve… — Ron Wyden
Holiness is the sum of a million little things â€” the avoidance of little evils and little foibles, the setting aside of little bits of… — Kevin DeYoung
Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure… — John Ashcroft
The Negro cannot count forever on the kind of restraint that's thus far left him free to clog the streets, disrupt traffic, and interfere with… — Jesse Helms
A great power imposes the obligation of exercising restraint, and we did not live up to this obligation. I think this affected many of the… — Leo Szilard
The law is the only sure protection of the weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the strong. — Millard Fillmore
The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications,… — William Blackstone

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