Ieva Laguna Quotes

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

People have got to learn: if they don't have cookies in the cookie jar, they can't eat cookies.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

I have nothing but regret that I cannot continue to behave the way I behaved all my life, and I can't wait for a chance to behave immoderately again.

Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.

I wish I didn't like sweets as much as I do. I wish I didn't get carried away sometimes.

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.

What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.

Hunger and self-control do not go hand in hand.

The hardest thing for me is restraint.

What I learned from this movie, 40 Days and 40 Nights: Abstinence can be a very good thing. Especially from box offices where this film is playing.

I don't have anyone curbing my instincts, doing anything destructive to my self opinion.

The hardest thing for me is restraint. I see fresh beans and ramps, and I start to quiver.

I don't deny myself anything - I do whatever I want in the moment - but I feel like moderation is the thing that can really sustain you for the rest of your life.

I would love to eat my body weight in chocolate chip cookies, french fries, and peanut butter, but I don't. I choose not to. That's on me, just like it's on me if I choose to do it.

My whole life, I've been a Temptation.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

The disciplined are free.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

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

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.