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Self restraint Quotes

"If A is success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut"

"Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation"

"Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature."

"Everything in excess is opposed to nature."

"Climb not into the judgment seat as yet."

"A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can"

"To enjoy freedom, we have to control ourselves."

"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it."

"Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished "

"I do not read advertisements I would spend all of my time wanting things"

"I'm too good for my own good, I won't leak the album, I'll let it spill"

"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."

"Knowing when and when not to engage is the key to winning battles."

"You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps precisely this holding back is the one suffering you could avoid"

"Extravagance is its own destruction."