Channing Pollock 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.

The hardest thing for me is restraint.

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

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

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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

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.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

It's not easy not to play.

Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

I am not allowing myself to get carried away.

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

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

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

I never forbid myself anything.

I need to rein myself in sometimes.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Moderation is never something I've been good at.