Quotes About Restraint

I lived crazy really young. So now I don't need to go out and get nuts.

I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

I'd much rather have the freedom, and the obligation to use it responsibly, than be put in a box.

Gossips are fine if they are within limits. But they shouldn't be obnoxious.

I can't deprive myself of things because then I obsess about it and end up eating.

When I get into collecting things, I get a little obsessive. Which is why when I start buying comics, I buy way too many, and I have to stop myself.

I don't go to clubs and stuff like that, so I don't have to put up with it in there. And normally, because obviously I could hurt somebody, and if I look at it that way, I have to back off.

I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could.

I don't really party. I'll occasionally have a drink.

I try to save being angry for the really important moments - for special occasions.

There's an old Talmudic belief that you build a fence around an impulse. If that's not good enough, you build a fence around the fence.

Try feeding a five-day hunger with some OJ that tastes like a cup of freezer burn, and nothing to wash it down but a bunch of words you can't get out of your head.

And if the criticized person takes it quietly without rancor, not striking back but constantly loving, he will gather in friends faster than his critics can manufacture enemies.

For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many. - Which Macabre

Liberty is not a license for chaos.

Kesabaran adalah kekuasaan. Pergunakanlah untuk memupuk semangat, meredakan kemarahan, meredam angkara murka, mengubur rasa iri, menekan kesombongan, menahan lidah, mengekang tangan, sampai tiba waktunya anda memanen seluruh hasilnya.

When I am tempted to criticize I will bite on my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs. Is

Never will I overindulge the requests of my flesh, rather I will cherish my body with cleanliness and moderation.

If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut?

If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and will not leave it, why keep the door so carefully shut? Why not open it, only a little? Do they know there is many a bird will not break its wings against the bars, but would fly if the doors were open?

When you see a beautiful woman in the street, don't look at her hatefully as if you're about to kill her and don't exhibit excessive longing either; just give her a little smile, avert your eyes, and walk on [1974]. Taking

Cicero said: Not to have a mania for buying, is to possess a revenue. Many are carried away by the habit of bargain-buying. Here's something wonderfully cheap; let's buy it. Have you any use for it? No, not at present; but it is sure to come in useful, some time.

If you cannot at first control your anger, learn to control your tongue, which, like fire, is a good servant, but a hard master.

Isn't that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?