Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided.
John Locke
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There were times I thought we were a little bit more conservative than we could have been, especially in the games that we played well early on and got out to big leads. I felt that sometimes we allowed teams to get back into it because we did pull the reins back a little bit.
Jay Fiedler
Know the self to be sitting in the chariot, the body to be the chariot, the intellect the charioteer, and the mind the reins.
Veda Upanishads
Now instead of pressing him to get other guys shots, I'm letting the reins go a little bit. I'm telling him to be a little more aggressive. ... I'm pointing out when he passes up good shots.
Danny Yoshikawa
We don't want to push him too quickly too early. With a player like Duncan, you need to be careful because he is the type of guy that gives you everything he has. We have to keep the reins on him.
Sigi Schmid
I've gone as far as I can. It's time to turn over the reins.
Charles Davenport
I've been holding the reins, and when I (let go), I do believe they're going to go after it. I think they'll really respond, and when they respond, the sky's the limit.
Mark Deaugustino
I'm a real 'go, go' person. . . I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a little bit and get in touch with what's inside.
Shelley Long
Unfortunately, I'm one of the guys that gets too emotional. So I've got to learn to pull the reins back a little bit. Sometimes I say things I shouldn't say. I'm going to try and get better in that area, not yell at the refs too much.
Dallas Drake
Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Turning for home, I shook the reins at him and he just took off. I really wasn't worried about anybody else, it was just a matter of how much I was going to win by.
Corey Nakatani
Comes with a lot of baggage. I hope he throws his baggage away before he really takes the reins of government in Israel.
Nabil Sha'ath
He's always pumped up. Sometimes, you have to pull the reins in.
Tony Rasmus
He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot, him I call a real driver; other people are but holding the reins.
The Dhammapada
He ran a great race that day. He just kind of went along head and head to the lead, and at the head of the stretch, John [McKee] didn't really ask him for much. John crossed his reins on him, and he just drew off. It was a pretty impressive race.
Bob Holthus
All he's lacking is game experience, but I think you see the maturity of him stepping forward as a leader. He's ready to take the reins.
David Oliver
There are no reins. So you have to train them to listen to you.
Lise Sansom
I certainly understand the decision to pass the reins to others, because he has so many other community development activities on his plate.
Jim Mcingvale
. . . Imagination took the reins, and Reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to a race with so eccentric and flighty a companion.
Fanny Burney
The foundation, from when he helped take over the reins, has increased 100-fold to being something that's become a vital part of the community. He's a visionary, both on the educational platform and from the community-growth standpoint.
Tony Iorio
There are 1 billion women, worldwide, between the ages of 20 and 40. This project enables a global dialogue among this dynamic group of women poised to pick up the reins of world leadership, And global domination!
Elizabeth Colton
It makes me very proud seeing a family like this. This gentleman didn't wait for the government to offer his children something better; instead, he took the reins himself.
Eliseo Sandoval
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