Restraint Quotes

All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people. John Stuart Mill

Liberty consists in wholesome restraint. Daniel Webster

Actors must practice restraint, else think what might happen in a love scene. Cedric Hardwicke

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint. Marianne Moore

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal. Samuel Richardson

Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world. Edmund Burke

There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint. Mahatma Gandhi

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue? Seneca

The boredom occasioned by too much restraint is always preferable to that produced by an uncontrolled enthusiasm for a pointless variety. Osbert Lancaster