Restraint Quotes

361 Restraint quotes by 286 unique authors

The atom cannot disobey the law. Whether it is the mental or the physical atom, it must obey the law. "What is the use of… — Swami Vivekananda
Forcing yourself to use restricted means is the sort of restraint that liberates invention. It obliges you to make a kind of progress that you… — Pablo Picasso
When the heat and motion of blind impulses and passions distract it on all sides, we can neither give nor receive anything truly. But when… — Rabindranath Tagore
In our time the only restraint left is self-retraint. — Jeffrey R. Holland
With a title like this-There's a Box in the Garage You Can Beat with a Stick-is there really a whole lot left to say? With… — Dara Wier
Sexuality and love can be different things. I can be attracted to a woman sexually, but it doesn't mean I want to be in love… — Cameron Diaz
What I believe...about more sleep than is needful concerns the individual who goes far beyond the need, developing slothful and lazy habits, which deaden the… — Alvin R. Dyer
People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality. This mistaken view may have… — Richard Dawkins
A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations...is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly… — Abraham Lincoln
French elegance lies in the balance of romance and restraint. — Sarah Turnbull
'Children, don't speak so coarsely,' said Mr Webster, who had a vague notion that some supervision should be exercised over his daughters' speech, and that… — Robertson Davies
The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in… — Lytton Strachey
Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves. — Laurence Sterne
The work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint. — John Milton
To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens… — Eric Hoffer
Appropriated to justice, to security, to reason, to restraint; where there is no respect of persons; where will is nothing and power is nothing and… — Rufus Choate
If the true freedom of the press is to decide for itself what to publish and when to publish it, the true responsibility of the… — Tom Wicker
I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tyranny knows no restraint of appetite. — Jim Rohn
There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint. — Mahatma Gandhi

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