Quotes About Restraint

Patience and propriety. It was the only graceful thing to do.

But even in the full flower of her fury, Carceret was perfectly in control. She didn't lash out wildly or snarl at me. She kept her words inside her, burning them like fuel.

It was better to be gentle and polite. It was the worst sort of selfishness to force yourself upon the world.

I am not accusing you of engaging in boyish fancy. I am advising you to avoid the appearance of boyish fancy. Master Loren to Kvothe

I've always prided myself on my lack of panting and sniffing.

Bast followed him and almost sat down before returning to grab the bottle too. "Not too much of that," Kvothe cautioned as he stepped into the back room. "I don't want you giggling through my story.

I opened my mouth. Then closed it, deciding this was probably not the right time for questions. Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

He lay in his stony crypt like his own corpse, hardly breathing, his heart hardly beating - and yet lived as intensively and dissolutely as ever a rake had lived in the wide world outside.

You don't pull out a rocket launcher because some drunk throws a punch at you. That's overkill," said Paddy, referring

Careful how you bare yer soul Careful not to bare it all

I hate being confined, especially when it's for my own good.

But laugh laugh at me Men from around the world especially people from here For there are so many things I don't dare tell you So many things you wouldn't let me say Have pity on me

Rather than punch the girl in the face, he abruptly stood up from his seat and walked away.

Steven Pinker has argued that just as a high level of self-control benefits individuals, cultural values that prize self-control are good for a society. Europe, he writes, witnessed a thirtyfold drop in its homicide rate between the medieval and modern periods, and this, he argues, had much to do with the change from a culture of honor to a culture of dignity, which prizes restraint.

We're not going to get carried away. Well, we are going to for the next couple of days!

Winning the war of words involves choosing our words carefully. It is not just about the words we say, but also about the words we choose not to say.

Self-control is a fruit of his work.

This time you've gone too far, Dorothy Parker! This time you've gone too far!

The best kind of self-control is to avoid situations that require self-control

But hold fast. Before you become too flushed at the prospect of starring nightly in your own private pornographic films, there are limitations.

Under Japanese law, suspects can be held in a police cell for up to 23 days without charge. If they are not charged by the 23rd day they have to be released, but they can be subsequently rearrested and held for the same period on a different charge.

By feeling secure in my defenselessness, I am able to be my own person. I behave like a successful member of A.A., like a person who practices the Twelve Steps in all his affairs and has ceased fighting everything and everybody. I literally win by not taking the bait, by not fighting.

Sobriety must come before everything else.

If you meet a fencing-master on the road, you may give him your sword, If you meet a poet, you may offer him your poem. When you meet others, say only a part of what you intend. Never give the whole thing at once.