Quotes About Self-restraint

I wasn't scandalous - I didn't want to be.

I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day life.

I don't go out partying at all.

I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth.

How foolishly we all bound ourselves into the very chains that could destroy us.

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 the pressure of an increasingly abnormal Republican Party.

The desert Arab found no joy like the joy of voluntarily holding back. He found luxury in abnegation, renunciation, self restraint. He made nakedness of the mind as sensuous as nakedness of the body. He saved his own soul, perhaps, and without danger, but in a hard selfishness.

I'm not somebody who seeks attention.

I'm not an exhibitionist in any way, shape or form. I don't even like having my picture taken!

When you are in a car, bitch or no bitch, you can do anything you desire as long as you remain on your side.

just as she kept her thoughts to herself, I was learning to do the same. This was what growing up was about: HIDE the corpse, DON'T bare your heart, DO make assumptions about the motives of others.

just as she kept her thoughts to herself, I was learning to do the same. This was what growing up was about: hide the corpse, don't bare your heart, do make assumptions about the motives of others. They're certainly doing all these things to you. I

It isn't something I'm out there looking to do - take minor penalties.

It is the hither accomplishment to use money well than to use arms; but not to need it is more noble than to use it.

Semakin tinggi sekolah bukan berarti semakin menghabiskan makanan orang lain. Harus semakin mengenal batas (Bumi Manusia, h. 138)

I wake up in the morning thinking about victory, I go to sleep thinking about victory, so sometimes it might be hard. But I need to control myself more and, how can I say it politely? Just shut up instead of speaking on the radio.

I censored myself for 50 years when I was a reporter. Now I wake up and ask myself, 'Who do I hate today?'

I think you create your own boundaries, and you work within them.

I don't think you get successful to brag and throw what you have in the world's face. That's all private.

Sometimes, I get so annoyed when other people brag. And sometimes, I know that I'm better than that or I've got something better in the works; I don't say anything. I just say, 'Really? That's great.'

I wouldn't tell Jill how I felt. I behaved in such a way that was opposite to how I felt. I must have seemed strong to her. I didn't want to bring her down.

When I'm working and I eat healthily all week, then I give myself one day - usually Sunday - when I eat just what I want. You have to; otherwise, your mind goes a little nutso.

Please don't, above all, plant me in your heart. I grow too quick.

The moral law will always stand over and above and against a heart that seeks to be its own guide. One