Quotes about Restraint
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
— St. Augustine
I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.
— John Adams
However much the devil and wicked men may rage, however much they boil with their own unrestrained anger, there is no doubt that God checks and curbs their madness with a hidden bridle.
— John Calvin
For this is spiritual sobriety, when we use this world so sparingly and temperately that we are not entangled with its allurements.
— John Calvin
But, O alas! so long, so far, Our bodies why do we forbear?
— John Donne
When you have got a thing where you want, it is a good thing to leave it where it is.
— Winston Churchill
Those are governed best who are governed least.
— Thomas Jefferson
Restraint never ruins one's health.
— Mahatma Gandhi
One of the reasons we do history, in fact, is because it acts as a brake, a control, on our otherwise unbridled enthusiasm for our own ideas.
— NT Wright
Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.
— Vance Havner
I hope that each one of us will be a better husband or wife, kinder to one another, more thoughtful, more restrained in criticism, and more generous with compliments.
— Gordon Hinckley
We learn to curb our will and keep our overt actions within the bounds of humanity, long before we can subdue our sentiments and imaginations to the same mild tone.
— William Hazlitt