Quotes About Restraint

Young women are restrained by so many tethers, it is not surprising that occasionally they get themselves tangled.

The first attribute that characterizes the greater man from the moron is his thicker layer of inhibition.

If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.

it has been and always will be my desire not to attack even those whom public repute disgraces. I am not delighted at the faults of any man, since I am very conscious myself of the great beam in my own eye, nor can I be the first to cast a stone at the adulteress.

Therefore conquering pride, restraining riotous living, crucifying the flesh, these are great beyond all the power of men.

In order not to forget God and through lack of restraint to misuse one's good fortune, it is ten times more necessary to call upon God's name during a period of bliss than in the midst of tribulation.

Judicial decrees may not change the heart; but they can restrain the heartless.

Elle voulait s'enfuir, mais il lui semblait que la prison était dans l'air lui-même.

didn't feel the need to broadcast it to the fucking nation.

He did not venture to say anything more,

And he'd have to track them down if he wanted something to do besides go charging back into the house and kissing Molly again. Right in front of her brother this time. Oh, there was an idea fit to get a man shot.

My rags of heart can like, wish, and adore, but after one such love can love no more.

There's a tear in his eye that refuses to fall. If it would land on me, that would say it all.

I look out the window, a jammed-up feeling growing inside. Am I going to cry? Or is it something else? My eyes are dry, but I feel like something wants to burst out of me. I focus on the empty road outside. Hold back. Hold it in. Keep your mouth shut, Jenna. Keep it shut. Shut. Shut.

How does it feel? The rope dug into my wrist . Numbed my ankles. Familiar , I had wanted to answer. Being a prisoner feels familiar. It was all I had ever been. My past held on to me me as strongly as it had when I was a child, my choices still limited, my steps still shackled. My life had been patched together with lies from the day I was born. How does it feel? Old. I was tired of lies.

A war raged inside her, one she held back, biting it off like a poisonous snake with disturbing self-control.

Desperate pieces of string that hold us up but at the same time keep us from being anything other than what we have always been.

Hé Colin... Ik geloof dat je weer eens slordig met je zaad bent omgesprongen.

Nee!' Laura schreeuwde bijna. 'Ik snij mijzelf nooit meer!

If you recall our first meeting, you should remember that I need no help if I want to kill you with my bare hands. My friends are here to prevent me from doing that.

But she had never known that a man could want a woman and not take her because he did care. There was something very fragile and precious in the idea, though she didn't really understand it. Maybe someday she would.

I could feel formality wrapping around me, covering me like plastic wrap on leftover roast.

I do not see any beauty in self-restraint.

Close your mouth, Michael; we are not a codfish.