Quotes About Restraint

I thought, I fanced, that in a moment, I would be standing on nothing at all, and for the first time in my life, I needed the wings none of us has.

I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.

So much of my life had been under tight control. So much of Quinn's life had been wild insanity. What we needed now was both: a directed burst of controlled insanity.

Shut your damn mouth.

Never laughing too loudly in a restaurant no matter how good the joke.

A threat need not provoke a response if it is not taken up.

I wanted to bring Lissa back, and I wanted to return to Adrian's arms again, return to his lips and all this life... "Hathaway! Good God, do I have to hose you down?

Life is tons of discipline.

I would never ever talk about my own personal life in an interview.

Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health.

An unrestricted satisfaction of every need presents itself as the most enticing method of conducting one's life, but it means putting enjoyment before caution, and soon brings its own punishment.

For one thing, I don't pun excessively in real life.

I don't talk about my personal life with the press.

I do have that personality where I like to have fun and enjoy life, so I have to make sure I tone myself down when I'm expressing myself.

Of course, I don't act in an extreme fashion in my day to day life. I don't think any of us live do. I think we all have that reserve somewhere and we pull upon it when we need it.

There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.

I don't want to broadcast my personal life because I feel it's off-putting.

You can probably ask my husband, and he might tell you differently, but I feel very much like I'm kind of cautious in my real life.

I shook my head no. For minutes, neither of us spoke a word. It breathed between us, what he had said, the pain of a life suppressed, of happiness never to be.

There's a limit to how much living can be done in a life without freedom.

It was like she was thinking, How far can I go with this? How much more can I fit in my life without losing control?

Life's too short so we should enjoy it without forget our limits.

...whom he had saved from a life of excessive freedom

I don't talk about my private life.