Desire Quote by William Blake

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

— William Blake

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs…

— William Blake

It is the bad people who need to have principles to restrain them.

— Anonymous

Mistrust those in whom the urge to punish is strong.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire.

— David Droga

When others are not doing what we would like them to or are threatening disobedience, we are most conscious of the need of controlling…

— John Dewey

“If we blind them to The Adversary —decrease their desire for The Desire— while at the same time encourage them to do anything else…

— Geoffrey Wood

“Restraint infers less with the presence of great control. Less of us is sometimes required by the Lord Jesus Christ. We have a tendency…

— Jack Coleman

There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do…

— Rumi

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

— Democritus

It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself.

— Andre Gide

We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove…

— Vernon Howard