Self restraint Quotes

"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." "I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be." "Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature." "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" "Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished " "Knowing when and when not to engage is the key to winning battles." "To enjoy freedom, we have to control ourselves." "Everything in excess is opposed to nature." "I'm too good for my own good, I won't leak the album, I'll let it spill" "Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation" "Extravagance is its own destruction." "A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can" "Climb not into the judgment seat as yet." "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" "I do not read advertisements I would spend all of my time wanting things"