Restrain Quotes

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

“Patience means restraining one's inclinations.”

“Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.”

“Why just order a pizza, when you can get a restraining order for the delivery guys, make them come to you, sue them, and get all the profit?”

“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.”

“Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind.”

“We do not need to get good laws to restrain bad people. We need to get good people to restrain us from bad laws.”

“A faint smile played on his lips. "Obedience does not come naturally to you, does it""No...sir""I must take some blame for that, I suppose. The sea does not like to be restrained.”

“Thus his belief was that in a service where feeling could be restrained it ought to be restrained. The power of God was more likely to be known in a solemn stillness than amid noise and excitement. Silence and an expectant seriousness, born of a realisation of the nearness of God, were striking characteristics of the services at Sandfields.”

“A strong soul reaches anyplace, anytime; body fails to restrain it. And thus, perhaps soulmates are formed”