River Phoenix Quotes

It's the fellow who knows when to quit that the audience wants more of.

Sometimes you need to know to quit while you're ahead or at least before things get much worse!

We miss a lot in life because we don't know when to quit, what to leave out.

I would rather stop too soon than too late.

There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.

You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

Judge of a jest when you have done laughing.

You have to know when to stop - that's wisdom.

I think sometimes I have been drawn into trying to be too aggressive too early. I have learnt that I can give myself time.

The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us.

The fruits eaten temperately need not make us ashamed of our appetites, nor interrupt the worthiest pursuits. But put an extra condiment into your dish, and it will poison you.

Don't talk too much or too soon.

The art of the quoter is to know when to stop.

Of course, I don't act in an extreme fashion in my day to day life. I don't think any of us live do. I think we all have that reserve somewhere and we pull upon it when we need it.

Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.

You have to know when to prod and when to be quiet, when to let things take their course.

Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the last begets covetousness; the last without the first begets prodigality.

The reason to moderate is to avoid having to quit.

Measure your emotions. You don't need an atomic explosion for a minor point.

It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities.

If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we again miss the mark.

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough