Brad Renfro Quotes

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful about wanting more of anything than I need - even chocolate.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Moderation is never something I've been good at.

I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening.

I don't normally associate bingeing of any kind with healthy results in life. And I'm not a binge-watcher by nature myself.

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.

Most people have an off switch and they choose when to go all out.

If - when someone asks me a question, if I could just focus on not joking, I think that would be great, because for some reason, I can't.

There will be many times in your lives--- at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up---when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed.

From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.

In life... we need to find a balance. You have to set rules and limitations - that is called discipline. And you have to practice that in all your worlds.

Learning when 'enough is enough' is the discipline of a lifetime.

I don't have a belief problem, I have a focusing weakness. I focus on what's loudest instead of what feels best.

There is a mistaken idea, ancient but still with us, that an overdose of anything from fornication to hot chocolate will teach restraint by the very results of its abuse.

I have learned that if this is what I am going to do, and do it well, then I have to avoid drinking.

I realize that just my personality is, that I've gotta stay focused. I can't be too distracted.

Motivation means we have an idea and we are going to carry through on that idea. We work hard at it, and we are disciplined.

You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.

Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man shows more and the unrestrained man less steadfastness than most men are capable of.

It seems obvious that there comes period in your life when you have to learn to say no to things you don't want to do. But the biggest trickiest lesson in holding on the stalwart committment to your creativity is learning how to say no to the things you do want to do.

We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.