Quotes about Self-restraint
No man is free who is not a master of himself.
- Robin Sharma
Morality is always the product of terror; its chains and strait-waistcoats are fashioned by those who dare not trust others, because they dare not trust themselves, to walk in liberty.
- Aldous Huxley
En boca cerrada no entran moscas [The closed mouth swallows no flies].
- Anonymous
God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.
- Anonymous
Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.
- Publilius Syrus
I'm not good at talking about myself.
- Kamala Harris
We are learning to do a great many clever things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them.
- GK Chesterton
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.
- Andrew Jackson
Patience means self-suffering.
- Mahatma Gandhi