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Quotes about Restraint

7 quotes about restraint, from Benjamin Franklin, William Shakespeare, Aristotle and others.

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Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth.
Nouman Ali Khan
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Benjamin Franklin
No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.
William Shakespeare
It's good to shut up sometimes.
Marcel Marceau

Most quoted on restraint

  • Benjamin Franklin2
  • William Shakespeare1
  • Aristotle1
  • Robert Greene1
  • Marcel Marceau1
  • Nouman Ali Khan1
In anger, we should refrain both from speech and action.
Aristotle
He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.
Benjamin Franklin
So much of power is not what you do but what you do not do—the rash and foolish actions that you refrain from before they get you into trouble.
Robert Greene

See also

Where restraint leads

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  • Anger 47 quotes
  • Power 205 quotes
  • Growth 774 quotes
  • Spirituality 58 quotes

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