Moderation Quotes · Page 7

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

— Saint Augustine

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

— Joseph Hall

Practice moderation in all things except love.

— Gary Zukav

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

— Hesiod

Any form of self-deprecating humour is good in moderation.

— Chris McCausland

I believe in excess of everything - except moderation.

— Dorit Kemsley

I believe in everything in moderation, including exercise.

— Cheryl Burke

“Moderation is not a compromise; moderation is a passion; the passion of great judges.”

— G.K. Chesterton

My whole mentality is that I eat what I want within moderation, and I have a little bit of everything. If you…

— Nina Dobrev

“It is only by this moderation that there is effected an early return (to man's normal state).”

— Lao Tzu

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. *Love each other in moderation. That is the…

— William Shakespeare

Mozart creates music from a mysterious center, and so knows the limits to the right and the left, above and below. He…

— Karl Barth

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

— Otto von Bismarck

[...] to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity

— Carl von Clausewitz

We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat.,…

— Horace

Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the…

— William Lloyd Garrison

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how…

— Blaise Pascal

I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When…

— Carla Hall

Foreign policy of a pluralistic democracy like the United States should be based on bipartisanship because bipartisanship is the means and the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I was always the type of drug user that I had no moderation. When I was smoking and drinking, I was full…

— Ryan Lewis

I have a remarkable ability to delete all better judgement from my brain when I get my head set on something. I…

— Marya Hornbacher

Computer games are like any other form of media and entertainment - you have to exercise some moderation. In the same way…

— Frank Pearce

Lust is as it were desire and desire, will which extends beyond the natural will, passionate, not governed by the law and…

— Patriarch Philaret of Moscow

As the Deity has given us Greeks all other blessings in moderation, so our moderation gives us a kind of wisdom which…

— Solon

“[Obituary of atheist philosopher Richard Robinson] An Atheist's Values is one of the best short accounts of liberalism (a term Robinson accepted)…

— Nicolas Walter

That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice,…

— George Mason

We think of cannabis as a drug, in accordance with international opinions. This means that even consuming small amounts can lead to…

— Angela Merkel

Heaven is weary of the luxury of China. I shall remain in the wilderness of the north. I shall return to simplicity…

— Genghis Khan

“How many ills, how many infirmities, does man owe to his excesses, his ambition – in a word, to the indulgence of…

— Allan Kardec

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

Moderation is actually the flip side of dieting, that is, imposed deprivation.

— Victoria Moran

All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate.

— Michel de Montaigne

I have a number of vices, one of which is moderation.

— E. L. Doctorow

“Phillip, who is congenitally incapable of moderation,”

— Jonathan Tropper

“Everything in moderation, ma chérie. Except orgasms.”

— Tiffany Reisz

Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.

— Laozi

Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line.

— Andrew Wyeth

I mean, moderation, not deprivation. That's my new way of living.

— Carnie Wilson