27 Quotes About Self-restraint

There is a difference between what you want, and what you need.

Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.

Self-regulation is conscience in action.

In ourselves we carry echoes of every good or stupid ideas imparted in us, each in turn bouncing against each other and against us. The important thing is to recognize them for what they are and flush out the stupid ones into the abyss of insignificance where they belong; we are all capable of acting stupid, but the question is are we willing to continue to do so?

Twelve legions girded with angelic swordWere at his beck, the scorned and buffeted:He healed another's scratch; his own side bled,Side, feet, and hands, with cruel piercings gored.Oh wonderful the wonders left undone!And scarce less wonderful than those he wrought; Oh self-restraint, passing human thought,To have all power, and be as having none; Oh self-denying love, which felt aloneFor needs of others, never for its own.

Of course I contradict myself. Why else would I hold things in and put the fire out?

You’re wrong.”“I am?”“I thought things through this time around. I even managed to restrain myself.”Theo stared at her, incredulous. “You did.”“I thought about kicking him in the balls, but I didn’t. I figured that would be over kill.” - Rendezvous with Destiny

Cheating in relationship is a sign of self-regulation failure. When it happens ones, it is a mistake. When it happens twice, it is unfortunate. But when it happens thrice or more, it is a pattern indicating primitive, uncivilized inhuman behavior.

One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the harmful biases dictate our behavior.