Moderation Quotes · Page 18

“Abundance without awareness causes sickness.”

— Abhijit Naskar

To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

— Laozi

Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of…

— Patrick Henry

I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.

— Baron de Montesquieu

Everything in moderation, like calories.

— Jimmy Smits

Mozart, prodigal heaven gave thee everything, grace and strength, abundance and moderation, perfect equilibrium.

— Charles Gounod

If you are willing to reflect on the courage and moderation of other people, you will find them strange.

— Plato

He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch…

— Horace

It is the nature of tyranny and rapacity never to learn moderation from the ill-success of first oppressions; on the contrary, all…

— Edmund Burke

If you don't have enough you won't be happy. Neither are you happy if you have too much. It is those who…

— Peace Pilgrim

Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow.

— Dave Draper

Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to…

— Samuel Johnson

Good temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language.

— Betty Boothroyd

Don't overdo the booze especially while flying - just because it's there doesn't mean you need to drink it. Everything in moderation.

— Alan Titchmarsh

All things in moderation, including moderation.

— Socrates

Moderation in all things - including moderation.

— Benjamin Franklin

Brand-name growth stocks ordinarily command the highest p/e ratios. Rising prices beget attention, and vice versa - but only to a point.…

— John Neff

The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.

— Aristotle

We're about moderation.

— Jenny Craig

We may outrun By violent swiftness And lose by over-running.

— William Shakespeare

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.

— Samuel Johnson

Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Canada's eminent position today is a tribute to the patience, tolerance, and strength of character of her people, of both French and…

— Harry S. Truman

“Joy of Conscience (The Sonnet) Conscience brings joy, Conscience brings relief. It's a different kind of joy, sanctified by bouts of grief.…

— Abhijit Naskar

There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero