Quotes about Restraint

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What good is power when you're too wise to use it? — Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea
When you give yourself to me, completely, I will bite you. Until then, my love, I will only nibble on you.”~Cole — Tina Carreiro, Power of the Moon
The path of peace is not a passive journey. It takes incredible strength not to open a can of 'whoop-ass', justifiably, — T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"
Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything. — Voltaire
Her grey, sun-strained eyes stared straight ahead, but she had deliberately shifted our relations, and for a moment I th — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Cheating in relationship is a sign of self-regulation failure. When it happens ones, it is a mistake. When it happens tw — Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
Dreams are ideas where the collar has been removed and the leash has been thrown away. — Craig D. Lounsbrough
Her husband seemed to her now like a person whom she had married without love as an excuse. — Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewel — George Washington, Writings
When you take the high road you will see things that some people can't. — Shannon L. Alder
Of course I contradict myself. Why else would hold things in and put the fire out? — Jennifer Tindugan-Adoviso
Greatness untethered from God results in calamity unrestrained by men. — Craig D. Lounsbrough
Of course I contradict myself. Why else would I hold things in and put the fire out? — Jennifer Tindugan-Adoviso
One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the — Abhijit Naskar, We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism
The power of attention is much greater than the force of self-restraint. — Charles Eisenstein, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible
Man conquers the world by conquering himself. — Zeno of Citium
Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you: 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold a — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
The old 'qualities' of masculinity - a narrow focus on life, domestic incompetence signalling a mind on higher things, e — Rosalind Coward, Sacred Cows: Is Feminism Relevant To The New Millennium?
Focus.Such a little word for such a hard thing and yet it can make things so simple, unless you break it. Like glass.Fra — D.S. Wrights, The Beast In Me