Quotes About Self-restraint

Is there anything else you need to tell me?" Every time I look at you, I have to put a leash on myself. "No.

I try not to be too invasive into my personal life. When I was younger, I used to tweet a lot, everything I was doing and feeling. I can't do that anymore, because it's just giving people too much room to judge.

Why should I crowd the world with my opinions? Live and let live. That's it. Let people have their own opinions, and you just keep yours to yourself. There are too many opinions - some unnecessary, some great, some ridiculously stupid - so I think I rather not say anything and keep my opinions to myself.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.

I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.

I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.

Im not the type of person to point fingers at anybody, and I dont want anybody saying anything to me. There are situations where balls are bounced to your feet you dont say anything.

Sometimes when I hear criticism of my husband, I want to come out of my seat and clock somebody. But you learn to take a deep breath.

Inside many of us is a small old man who wants to get out.

If I'd known a lecture was coming, I'd have kept my mouth shut." "Coming to terms with life as an adolescent, are you?

The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery

Aninka would not speak the words. They would, she felt, turn her tongue black: words of hatred and falsehood.

I am castrated by my own deliquencies," Shem said. "Not even with you can I overcome them. The thought of a kiss turns my stomach, yet you are a lovely creature.

I'm not involved on any social media; it's really not my style.

I can sometimes feel like I'm an aggressive man inside. I'm not going to show that on social media.

I feel that so many problems in my life may have been prevented had I been more contained.

Momma always said that a true lady never lets someone know when he's riled her; otherwise, she's giving away her power and her crown.

Momma always said that a true lady never lets someone know when he's riled her; otherwise, she's giving away her power and her crown. My

I had never realized a woman could have to struggle to keep her hands off a man, but here I was, digging my nails into my palms, staring at the inside of my eyelids as though I could maybe see through them if I peered hard enough.

Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop the emotional musculature that will allow them to show self-restraint.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Terwijl ik dit opschrijf, zie ik het beeld voor me van een armzalige bedelaar die voor de etalage van een juwelier naar de glans van een kostbaar kleinood met edelstenen staart. Die man zal zich zelf nooit toestaan de wens uit te spreken dat hij dit sieraad wil bezitten; want alleen al de gedachte aan dat verlangen zou lachwekkend en onmogelijk zijn en zou hem voor zichzelf een voorwerp van spot maken.

Some things are best kept to yourself. Particularly when you're not sure whether or not other people will approve, but you're pretty sure they won't.