94 Quotes About Restraint

A kite pulls on its string because it wants to be free.

It’s true. Every time you wake up, you let fly the most marvelous string of curses. It’s never the same twice, do you know that? It’s so intriguing. You’re like a rooster that crows blasphemy.” “Oh, there’s a cock crowing, all right,” he muttered.

She was becoming too familiar for her own comfort and peace of mind. It was not despair; but it seemed to her like life was passing her by, leaving its promise broken and unfulfilled.

The plague of scientific minds is the inability to stop oneself from digging into things you know you shouldn't touch. Some answers ought to be left alone and never discovered by mortals.

A laconic Texas lawmaker declined to use his considerable influence to intervene in a loud dispute between his colleagues. When asked why not, he said, "They're not voting. If they're not voting, they're not passing any laws. If they're not passing any laws, they're not hurting anybody.

Restraint“There are three things that must always act restrained.Even five that should not use violence as their final word:The diplomat negotiating for his lord,The teacher instilling knowledge,The parent dealing with exasperating children,The officer establishing respect among the troops,And the wronged seeking justice.”—The Order of Things, Jan Alinckbroodt,Clinohumite poet philosopher (457 fTF - 620 fTF)

The fine art of restraint, timely practised, is too beautiful, to go against.

It is the bad people who need to have principles to restrain them.

But we don't have to react. That's what I'm saying. A police force, like a government, should be above that. Just because we're provoked doesn't mean we have to act. -- Still Life