Enough Quote by William Blake

Those who restrain desire, 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

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

While expressing your desires, you would need to exercise control in order to prevent them from doing harm to you or to others.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“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

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

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

— David Droga

Everyone have desires, not everyone can control desires from doing it in actions

— KM II

Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.

— William Blake

Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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

— Democritus