Quotes About Restraint

Ao passar pela porta do quarto azul, susteve a respiração. "A mãe dormiu." Era tão bom quando ela dormia! Os loucos deviam dormir o tempo todo, de dia e de noite, como as bonecas que só abrem os olhos quando tiradas da caixa.

No man can be patient who has not strong passions, for patience is passion tamed.

Patience is passion tamed.

Tennison was about to reply when Burkin caught her eye. He gripped her elbow and whispered, "Leave the room, let him cry, leave him . . 

A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it.

Because we're not free when there are no boundaries-we're in great danger.

Because we're not free when there are no boundaries—we're in great danger.

I don't think it's right to unburden your own heart by laying the load on someone else's. Some secrets are better left untold.

I wanted to stand up and shout that this was unfair, but loud voices were not permitted in the library.

But weeping with them and rejoicing with them does not mean trying to take control of their out-of-control choices and behaviors. We can forgive them. But we cannot control them. And we should not enable them.

Don't set into motion what needs to remain still.

I have these boundaries in place not for restriction but to define the parameters of my freedom. My brokenness can't handle more freedom than this right now. And I'm good with that.

I want to keep the peace. I want to be gentle, not confrontational.

remember not every face-to-face confrontation needs a verbal response

Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside.

When I am void of power, I am void of self-control.

Quoting God's Word in the present tense infuses our hearts with holy restraint and diffuses our reactions so we don't spew.

What numbers us imprisons us.

I acknowledge that I can control only myself. I can't control how another person acts or reacts.

So for James, too, will derives not from the freedom to initiate thoughts, but to focus on and select some while stifling, blocking-or vetoing-others. For Buddhist mindfulness practice, it is the moment of restraint that allows mindful awareness to take hold and deepen. The essence of directed mental force is first to stop the grinding machine-like automaticity of the urge to act. Only then can the wisdom of the prefrontal cortex be actively engaged.

Subtlety is one of the few forms of entertainment allowed me," the Divine said, grinning.

They bound me hand and foot; they placed me in a solitary darkness. They put a mask upon my face, with a metal bit between my lips to silence me. They gave me a tongue; and then stopped it up, so they would not have to hear it crying.

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

A commander in chief who tries to circumvent the Constitution should be restrained by the legislature and judiciary.