#restraint

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint. ↗

— Lewis H. Lapham

#athletic #both #burdens #character #consists

The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

#characterizes #comfortable #course #cynical #decline

You were upset. I don't want you feeling forced into anything," he pressed on, horrified at his own words. Mental. Since when did he let chivalry get in the way of a blowjob? Talk about boycotting oneself, jeez. ↗

— Elle Aycart

#self-restraint #funny

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others. ↗

— Albert Camus

#dies #freedom #imposes #itself #lives

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them. ↗

— Michael Chiklis

#being #challenging #constantly #dad #i

The pro-growth policies and spending restraint of Conservatives work. ↗

— Zach Wamp

#policies #pro-growth #pro-growth policies #restraint #spending

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far. ↗

— Mae West

#go #i #like #restraint #too

Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#antagonize #cannot #global #great #learn

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

— Marianne Moore

#deepest #feeling #itself #restraint #shows

There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the Russians and it seems to me that it is a time for me to use all the restraint I can on these other people who have been apparently getting a little more irritated. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#been #between #feeling #getting #government