Harsha Bhogle Quotes

The desert Arab found no joy like the joy of voluntarily holding back. He found luxury in abnegation, renunciation, self restraint. He made nakedness of the mind as sensuous as nakedness of the body. He saved his own soul, perhaps, and without danger, but in a hard selfishness.

Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.

As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

The ability to delay gratification has implications not only for a person's life, but also for a community, for a people, for a country.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Patience is passion tamed.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.