Quotes About Restraint

Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, government negatively by restraining our vices. Society encourages intercourse. Government creates distinctions.

Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.

Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices.

We may hold the world as a posy in our hand, but it must not lie too near our heart.

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

Ignorance is bold, and knowledge is reserved

When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.

Whatever tasks befall you, do not engage in malicious jokes that tear at others' hearts or cause them to lose their composure. Regardless of their culpability, avoid insulting and speaking harshly to others—whether close or distant, good or bad.

Do not boast to anyone, ever, when you engage in the practice of your good deeds.

Acting sober is an art," he explained. "The trick is to say very little and be very still.

Prison is the school of the unlearned lesson.

To know what is enough is to be immune from disgrace, To know when to stop is to be preserved from all perils, Only thus can you endure long.

I have control issues. For sure, no question.

It might be a shock to see me, but that's no reason for people to act crazy, and it doesn't give them license to chase me down the street.

No, I get techs because I want to; I don't care. I'm not getting techs for no reason. It happens.

We can do many different things as a band. But that doesn't mean we should do that. If we did all we're capable of, it doesn't necessarily mean we'd be writing better songs. None of us are huge fans of bands that seem to go, 'OK, I'm gonna sing for no reason and then scream for no reason just because I can.'

I'd like to have no rules and eat what I want, but I've learned over the years that I'm so disappointed when I can't wear the clothes I want to wear.

I'm a normal girl. I don't go out much, and I don't know what is enjoyment.

I'm normally quite restrictive in the runs department.

All, or nearly all, the advantage there is in fixing any constitutional limits to the power of a government, is simply to give notice to the government of the point at which it will meet with resistance.

I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.

Creatively, I'm not one to advocate people knowing every little nuance about you sometimes.

In real life, I don't cry too easily. I go numb.