Lori Foster Quotes

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion.

I had never realized a woman could have to struggle to keep her hands off a man, but here I was, digging my nails into my palms, staring at the inside of my eyelids as though I could maybe see through them if I peered hard enough.

I have always been full of lust - as I am now - but I have always been placing conceptual obstacles in my own path.

I comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire--I admit, a natural one for the most part--to exterminate your fellows.

I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.

Protect me from what I want.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

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

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

I've struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me.

One of man's greatest obligations is anger.

I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Anger is a good motivator.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Lust is an appetite that needs to be regulated.

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.

I can't stand confrontation, which maybe is a character flaw. But having said that, I do feel like when I do get upset - which is rare, as my husband and family would say - I have a hard time letting go.

Fighting is not something you can just turn off.

Desire urges me on, while fear bridals me.

Love can wait to give; it is lust that can't wait to get.

Every wave of passion restrained is a balance in your favor. It is therefore good policy not to return anger for anger, as with all true morality.