Quotes About Restraint

Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.

You need to be careful not to over-reach and also assess the capacity you have to work with.

I'm sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock.

Corporate conglomerates run without regulation do not work in the service of society, and run reckless and unchecked whenever possible.

Work, ah! that talisman to guard one against one's self.

We don't have to be that greedy generation that just continued to take down the underpinnings of what makes the planet work in our favor.

Don't impose yourself until you really know the work throroughly.

Nor yet be overeager in pursuit of any thing; for the mercurial too often happen to leave judgment behind them, and sometimes make work for repentance.

Terms such as 'microaggression,' describing an inadvertent act of offense, have entered the college lexicon, empowering an atmosphere of prior restraint on speech. And many colleges are also disinviting speakers in fear of offending certain elements of their student communities.

I feel I should be doing stupid stuff, but I'm not going to.

I can have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it's obviously a form of stupidity.

Stupidity cannot be controlled, only contained.

If I ever score against Spurs, I won't celebrate. Even if it's the best goal in the world, I'll keep it subdued. It's a respect thing. The fans were brilliant towards me; I'll be playing against my friends and I can't forget that.

Some Kentucky fans are a little more subdued.

I appreciate a subdued performance, typically.

Men are subject to powerful passions and appetites, and, if unrestrained, are capable of ruthlessly riding roughshod over their neighbors and the community at large.

Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone.

This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural.

I like subtlety, blending in as opposed to screaming out 'look at me' with the way I dress.

I try to behave myself, and I succeed.

In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time.

Unlimited freedom kills freedom.

In an argument the best weapon to hold is your tongue.

It speaks volumes for a person that when placed in quite different situations, they display the same spirit of moderation.