Quotes about Restraint

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Liberty, in so far as it is of any value, always means self-control in both the senses of that term: in the sense that we are only controlled by ourselves, and also in the sense that by ourselves we are controlled, and that every part of our nature is subservient to the purpose to which our whole nature is given.

You need to suspend your reaction when you feel like striking back, to listen when you feel like talking back, to ask questions when you feel like telling your opponent the answers, to bridge your differences when you feel like pushing for your way, and to educate when you feel like escalating. Breakthrough

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home

We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misuse it.

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

Bite your lips, little brother...Don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now...Wait. Clench your teeth and wait...

She is free not by disobeying the rules but by obeying them.

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.

Lord, deliver me from the urge to open my mouth when I should shut it. Give me the wisdom to keep silent where silence is wise. Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.

We mustn't say more than we should, but we mustn't say less than we must.

Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the throat and lungs in prayer. God's ear is ever open to hear the heart-felt petitions of his humble servants, and he does not require them to wear out the organs of speech in addressing him.