Self-restraint Quotes
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Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man shows more and the unrestrained man less steadfastness than most men are capable of.
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All the four stages in a man's life are devised by the seers in Hinduism for imposing discipline and self-restraint.
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There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.
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It has taken me nearly twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public; and I am not sure that I am not still regarded as a suspicious character in some quarters.
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Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.
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Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength to strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts.
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Self-restraint is the very keystone of the ethics of vow-taking.
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Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.
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Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May I consider the wise to be rich, and may I have such riches as only a person of self-restraint can bear or endure.
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Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method.
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The one condition for fighting for peace and liberty is to acquire self-restraint.
