Restrain Quotes

``When freedom rises from the killing floor No lock of iron or rivet can restrain the door And no kind of army can hope to win a war Like trying to stop the rain or still the lion`s roar Like trying to stop the whirlwind scattering seeds and spores Like trying to stop the tin cans rapping out jailhouse semaphore...``

Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

I`m making a real effort to avoid any risks at this rally, we have the Rally America National Championship to worry about, so winning takes a backseat to gaining experience and points. It is hard to restrain myself from pushing but I`m doing it, and we have had a totally clean run thus far.

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason.

You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.

The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Very often it is impossible for us to restrain our interpretation of another, our theory of his subjective characteristics and intentions.

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

I take it as a man`s duty to restrain himself.