Restraint Quotes

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.

The power of attention is much greater than the force of self-restraint.

Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you: 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold anger.

Great men have great discipline.

The ideas are louder when there are fewer of them.

Beating yourself up over every perceived mistake is the work of an internal abuser who must be restrained and reformed.

Sometimes the greatest difference between being a boy and being a man is restraint.

Johnathan had known he wouldn't be able to simply shut off his thoughts and go to sleep. His entire body - everything he could feel, at least - was like a tightly coiled spring.

Johnathan had known he wouldn't be able to simply shut off his thoughts and go to sleep. His entire body - everything he could feel, at leas- was like a tightly coiled spring.

Johnathan had known he wouldn't be able to simply shut off his thoughts and go to sleep. His entire body - everything he could feel, at leastleast like a tightly coiled spring.

The most frightful of all spectacles is the strength of the civilization without its mercy.

In the absence of self-control, this primordial nature of the limbic brain often compels the mind to give in to evils of corruption.

Nobody loves a policeman until he needs one.

We are what we are, Nial, neither as good or as evil as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings.

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

Those eyes had seen people weep, and had cared, and had hurt them again anyway. It’s a look that no human eyes should ever have.

Oh how can we, scarce mastering our passions, expect that youth should keep itself in check?

Ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything. 1) Does this need to be said 2) “Does this need to be said by me? 3) Does this need to be said by me now?

I am more and more convinced that some people are put in our lives solely to try our patience and tamper with our tolerance levels.

It is the restraint of patience that yields the magnificent in life.

Karate training will make you strong and confident, but restraint will make you respected

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