Paulo Coelho Quotes

There is endless merit in a man's knowing when to have done.

You have to know when to stop - that's wisdom.

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 need to rein myself in sometimes.

If we lose track when it comes to deciding when to stop, that should be a sign.

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

I am not allowing myself to get carried away.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

From time to time I might push a little bit too hard and I have got to be a bit more careful.

I will count to 10 before tweeting.

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

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

Moderation is never something I've been good at.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

The hardest thing for me is restraint.

Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.

I'll eat one cookie, not a whole box of cookies. But I'll still eat the one cookie... sometimes two, or even three. But not the whole box.

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

There are too many things I find it difficult to say 'no' to.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Sometimes it's good to say no. Sometimes it's good to not act impulsively.

I wasn't blessed with the natural ability to rein myself in.

I have such a temperament that I cannot do anything in excess.

When I was on the bench, I used to have a yellow pad, and I put on the pad at the beginning of the day, 'patience' and 'restraint.'