Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.

Protect me from what I want.

I do not see any beauty in self-restraint.

I don't think I have discipline when it comes to anything.

I try to be a nice person, but it's difficult sometimes.

If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable.

Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop the emotional musculature that will allow them to show self-restraint.

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.

I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

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

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

I have labored carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions

As disciplined as I am, I'm also a huge hedonist.

Villains have to be passionate enough to say to themselves, 'I will do anything.' It's a certain type of personality that in life, for me, is not the way I live. Because you can't live in a society that way.

One of my worst fears is being a self-indulgent person.

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.

A personal code of conduct that you follow is far better than a social code of conduct that you are forced to follow.

I've always been of the mindset that you will be defined by the things you say 'no' to because it's so easy to say 'yes.'

That is just a part of my personality, being the voice of reasoning, and it is kind of annoying being that person all the time, but pretty much what you see on 'Total Divas' is who we are as individuals.

I can tell you beyond any doubt, that my lady is able to control herself and stick to her values regardless of circumstance. Just as surely, she can say the same about me (Ben & Jerry's benders notwithstanding).

I don't think I have the manipulation gene in me.

I rarely indulge in sweet things but when I do I do not like to share.

My whole life, I've been a Temptation.

To call myself a fighter is to be selfish at times. It makes me resent my opponent. That's motivation I can tap into.