Quotes About Restraint

Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.

Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou owest, all thou hast, nor all thou canst.

nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

Perhaps I was too saucy

I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody.

Rarely use [sex] but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.

But Germany is a reflective power: even as it adapts, a belief in the importance of restraint, deliberation, and peaceful negotiation will continue to guide its interactions with the rest of the world.

The most important area for spending restraint is entitlement reform.

We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior.

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.

I am not going to refrain myself when I am angry.

Dad's astute knowledge of foreign policy impressed Gorbachev during the time of the Berlin Wall when Dad refused to gloat during the reunification of Germany.

Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to infinity.

I never get into the details regarding my own personal situation.

My mom told me many times how I need to be careful living inside the regime. We didn't say 'the regime.' We didn't even say 'North Korea.'

I have nothing but regret that I cannot continue to behave the way I behaved all my life, and I can't wait for a chance to behave immoderately again.

I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.

I have to reign myself in a lot.

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.

We did not start a fight with America, and we don't want a war with America. If someone launches an attack, though, we will respond. We will not take rejection or humiliation. We do not want to fight.

I felt so free in space, flying around and unrestrained by any social relationships, but my life since has changed a lot. Now I am extra-careful about what I say and do because everyone recognises me.

Because there's so much stuff I don't release.