Prince Quotes

The hardest thing for me is restraint.

There's been nothing but discipline, discipline, discipline all my life.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

I have to reign myself in a lot.

One of the things we're taught as actors is restraint - don't jump off the cliff.

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

Writing is a discipline: it's almost all about holding back.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

When I shoot at the range, I don't feel personally powerful but like the custodian of something powerful. I feel like a successful disciplinarian of something radically alien and potent. Analyze this sensation all you want; you still can't make it go away.

Actors must practice restraint, else think what might happen in a love scene.

I am the extreme member of the band because I never go out after the show. It's my rule.

Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that.

You have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time.

If we allow the passions of our men to get full command then indeed will this war become a reproach to the names of liberty and civilization.

Playing King George, for me, was a lesson in stillness and timing.

Sometimes when you get out there and you want to just do your own thing, we have to reel that in.

The first thing you learn in a martial art sport is discipline, and you are not allowed to use it at home.

I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most.

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

You can only go with the excesses to a certain point; it wasn't always the Jack Daniels bottle. We weren't just a bunch of sloppy musicians on stage drinking; we would critique every show.

You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court.

I'm not a perfectionist but I'm definitely, or well, I like discipline. I'm obedient. I'm not a perfectionist.

You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug.

Discipline must be maintained.