Quotes About Self-restraint

Everything a child experiences, either by way of indulgence or the self-restraint you impose, is preparing him for the day when he will mature into a responsible, moral soul. Somewhere on that road of development, each child will graduate to commence his full accountability. That child then stands alone before God, "without excuse." It becomes his day of accountability.

Early in life, stalkers learned how to hate, but unlike common criminals, they learned self-restraint also. They held their hatred in check. Few of the dangerous ones, the ones with the mind-set of an assassin, got in trouble with the police.

Cicero once wrote that to be completely free one must become a slave to a set of laws. In other words, accepting limitations is liberating.

The Bible said that a wise person must rein in his tongue. Not everything you wanted to say should be said.

A man must take responsibility, according to your culture and the limit of your pocket. Don't try to show off when you have nothing left.

He knew what he was. He knew what he was capable of. He also knew that if he broke her, he'd despise himself for all eternity.

Enryo, self-restraint, was a Japanese cultural value that Mom emphasized

I want to live my life without troubling anyone. That's why it's best for me to keep my interactions... with others to the bare minimum...not that I've ever been the type of person to attract other people...but if I keep my distance...at least I won't bother anyone.

She had no idea why it was important and her heart was kicking like a hare. But she had been trained to show a still face so she raised her own mantle and looked back.

En sus ojos se leía a menudo el ardiente deseo de tomar parte en alguna conversación interesante o de juntarse a otro grupo, pero se retenía al pensar que aquello podía parecer excesivo por su parte o demasiado familiar, y que con ello rebajaría su dignidad. Y por eso permanecía eternamente solo, en la misma actitud silenciosa, emitiendo de cuando en cuando un sonido monótono, con lo cual llegó a pasar por un hombre de lo más aburrido.

marks around her neck. She tilted her head and smiled at me. I swallowed. I was never going to drink anything again. How could I pee with Christie around?

A prisão não está no exterior e, sim, no interior de cada um de nós. É possível que não saibamos viver sem ela.

He can stop me in my tracks, but he can't make me do someting I don't want to

The trick to staying out of trouble is to keep your nose out of other people's business.

Imagine knowing that you're good at something, so good that the world would be in awe of you if they could see your work, and then keeping yourself a secret from the world.

I learned that freedom can be dangerous. If you don't watch out, it can kill you.

A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

We can only go to the limits of ourselves—I've learned that if nothing else. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone. - Beryl Markham

We can only go the limits of ourselves-I've learned that if nothing else. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone.

We can only go to the limits of ourselves—I've learned that if nothing else. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone.

In the sutra, discipline is outlined as an eightfold path, starting from yama (self-restraint), niyama (virtuous observances), asana (posture), pranayama (consciously controlling breath), pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), dharana (concentrating the mind), dhyana (meditation), and samadhi (a trance-like state in which there is complete union with the subject of meditation).

He did not, however, because he had long since learned that getting angry back was a capital crime that would elicit the most savage retaliation.