An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys. – Vida D. Scudder Category: Self-Control
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891 Category: Self-Control
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. – Thomas Jefferson Category: Self-Control
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. – Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887 Category: Self-Control
Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age. – Alexander McCall Smith Category: Age
You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities. – Graham Taylor Category: Sports
There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others. – Bob Kerrey Category: Knowledge
Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living. – Josiah Royce Category: Loyalty
