Quotes about Restraint

She had a hard time to keep from running.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery

Coercion from outside, strong temperamental inclinations and passions within ourselves, do nothing to effect the essence of our freedom. They simply define its action by imposing certain limits on it.

Don't you know that four fifths of all our troubles in this life would disappear if we would just sit down and keep still?

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, refrains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

You lose it if you talk about it.

Every dog is entitled to one bite.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.

They can do anything we can't stop them from doing.