Quotes About Restraint

I don't think I have ever been out of control.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words toward anyone, for neither diminishes the strength of the enemy.

I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.

We all have to recognise - no matter how great our strength - that we must deny ourselves the licence to do always as we please.

The strength of the genie comes from being in a bottle.

You can't have pride without humility. Aggression without tolerance. Strength without compassion. Power without restraint.

Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves.

True humility is not in the absence of confidence but strength restrained.

O that one unguarded moment! / Were it mine to live again, / All the strength of its temptation / Would appeal to me in vain.

Despair was a private weakness she could not afford to indulge.

Karate training will make you strong and confident, but restraint will make you respected

A quiet woman is a firearm with a silencer.

Dance releases energy mobilized by the fight-or-flight stress response that was otherwise restrained.

There are two important things for full success in life: 1. Don´t tell everything you know.

Most successful investors, in fact, do nothing most of the time.

Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.

My definition of success is control.

If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.

Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.

When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far; 'tis sufficient to let the company and your adversary see 'tis in your power but that you are too generous to make use of it.

The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man; and without this all other education is good for nothing.

In success be moderate.

Most men talk too much. Much of my success has been due to keeping my mouth shut.

jailer is no man to a prisoner - he is a living door, a barrier of flesh and blood adding strength to restraints of oak and iron.