Moderation Quotes · Page 8

“A life lived in moderation is a story nobody would read, much less live”

— D.A. Keene

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

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

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

MODERATION.SMALL HELPINGS. SAMPLE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. THESE ARE THE SECRETS OF HAPPINESS AND GOOD HEALTH.

— Julia Child

Moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?

— Maya Angelou

I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to…

— Martina McBride

Adding friends is not a race. 100 friends is ok. 300 is great. But 3000? Unless you are looking for a crowd…

— Anonymous

Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of stable growth, sustainable…

— John W. Snow

When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which…

— Anonymous

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

— Frances E. Willard

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

— Plato

Models eat. They're crazy about moderation, but they eat. There's this feeling that all models are into drugs or drinking or whatever,…

— Chrissy Teigen

[Christians] practiced moderation and chastity in marriage, for example, and Galen was puzzled at how they were able to do so. His…

— Larry Hurtado

It is not to the moderation and justice of others we are to trust for fair and equal access to market with…

— Thomas Jefferson

Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger.…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

...virtue is attended by more peace of mind than vice, and meets with a more favourable reception from the world. I am…

— David Hume

Upon occasion we should go as far as intoxication… Drink washes cares away, stirs the mind from its lowest depths… But in…

— Seneca the Younger

I don't do very well with extremes of any kind - extreme diets, extreme fitness - so moderation makes a lot of…

— Kimberly Williams-Paisley

To the one, a little natural moderation and quietness of temper may be sufficient to conduct us: but to the other, we…

— William Wilberforce

“[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

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

— Solon

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

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

— Victoria Moran

“Phillip, who is congenitally incapable of moderation,”

— Jonathan Tropper

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

— Tiffany Reisz

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

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

— Laozi

True faith, real and pure faith, cannot be practiced in moderation.

— Steve Arterburn

I should have got thin, but I eat too much. I hate the word 'moderation.'

— Miriam Margolyes

“Everything is good in moderation. Even moderation.”

— Iveta Cherneva

Be moderate in everything, including moderation.

— Horace Porter

He lives well who lives retired, and keeps His wants within the limits of his means.

— Ovid

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero