Quotes About Restraint

All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted.

Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

Next time you're tempted to be upset, frustrated, offended, remind yourself, it's a part of that ten percent of things in life that you can't control - but you can control how you respond.

Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.

To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.

Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.

You cannot correct an old person every time they say something offensive. You would never make it through Thanksgiving dinner!

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time.

There is a time for scientists and movie stars and those who have flown the atlantic to restrain their opinions lest they be taken more seriously than they should be.

The second time I went to jail, I was like, 'okay, this is not the move.'

This is a time that calls for extreme restraint. In a world of outright aggression and violence there can be no winners. To respond to violence with counter-violence only throws oil on the fire.

A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time.

I don't know what this Liberty thing is all about, Rachel. None of us do, yet. I pray that if we ever achieve it, we will know how to control it. And not let it control us.

And yet I don't seem able to touch on the subjects I'm so longing to bring out into the daylight.

Control is a nice concept, little more.

I'll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of.

a soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger."  It isn't only in them you speak to, but in yourself.' 'Very true

a soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger.

he has no more idea of exerting himself to overcome obstacles than he has of restraining his natural appetites; and these two things are the ruin of him.

He had beautiful manners. Which, if you ask me, was mostly a question of saying nothing, to anyone, ever.