Quotes About Restraint

Sixty years of virginity tried in vain to dam the waters of instinct as they burst through the granite of good intentions,the rock of irreproachablee conduct.

The lady hasn't lost it yet—the sound of freedom. When she laughs, you can hear the wind in the trees and the splash of water hitting pavement. You can sense the gentle caress of rain on your face and how laughter sounds in the open air, all the things those of us in this dungeon can never feel.

Freedom comes not from the absence of restraint but from the presence of discipline.

You know what my boss says? He says that skepticism is a good watchdog if you know when to take the leash off.

That's one of the disadvantages of being poor, you don't dare kill anybody.

Loyalty is a very fine thing, but it shouldn't be allowed to get the bit between its teeth. I

Actually, no, I couldn't wait.

I do not bind power, nor do I loose it.

Some things take hold of you. Invade you. Own you. You want to be free of them, but you never will be.

If you must needs have your pleasures, you should not have put yourselves into that calling that requireth you to make God and His service your pleasure, and restraineth you so much from fleshly pleasures.

I wrote on the envelope that it was not to be opened until the following day but then gave it to a boy who I knew was far too nosy not to open it immediately.

Alexander called this process of stopping and thinking about actions before carrying them out - INHIBITION.

Moderation was the effect of congenital optimism. Why push too hard at an open door?

If there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.

We are also greatly influenced by consumption norms within the relevant group. A light eater eats much more in a group of heavy eaters. A heavy eater will show more restraint in a light-eating group. The group average thus exerts a significant influence. But there are gender differences as well. Women often eat less on dates; men tend to eat a lot more, apparently with the belief that women are impressed by a lot of manly eating. (Note to men: they aren't.) So

And under my breath I was telling it to hisht and for shame, and if I had known any swearing I would have had that in, too.

Let the jagged edge of sobriety be now dulled.

From that day on he learned to accept the dungeon he existed in, neither seeking to escape with sudden derring-do nor beating his pate bloody on its walls. And, thus resigned, he returned to work.

but no one could control Mark Littleberry; the man was fundamentally uncontrollable.

By nature you instinctively seek out the middle road, midway between dangerous passion and soul-destroying indifference.

She had always seemed to him to be deep-down wild, the wilder because she harnessed that wildness most of the time.

The most difficult kind of strength -- restraint.

Percy muttered. 'I want to drown her.' 'Be patient, water boy.' 'Don't call me water boy.

The thing about gods is, you can't really slap them when they're acting stupid. They'll just slap you back and kill you.