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Self Restraint Quotes
"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it."
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Theodore Roosevelt
"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."
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Thomas Jefferson
"Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature."
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Jeff Bezos
"If A is success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut"
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Albert Einstein
"Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished "
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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
"Knowing when and when not to engage is the key to winning battles."
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Sun Tzu
"To enjoy freedom, we have to control ourselves."
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Virginia Woolf
"Everything in excess is opposed to nature."
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Hippocrates