Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Virtue is nothing but an act of loving that which is to be beloved, and that act is prudence, from whence not… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Trends come like a series of ocean waves, bringing the high tide when things are good and, as conditions recede, the low… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
Souls were the same. They, too, had useless baggage that impeded their proper performance, these annoying, holier-than-thou bits dangling like an appendix… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
I'm sorry for losing my temper following the race, but after a day or two of looking back at the race it's… — Robby Gordon Copy Share Image
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Righteous indignation: your own wrath as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable, add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance, add love, By name to come call'd charity, the… — John Milton Copy Share Image
If temperance prevails, then education can prevail; if temperance fails, then education must fail. — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
Temperance, in the nobler sense, does not mean a subdued and imperfect energy; it does not mean a stopping short in any… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Reflect that nothing merits admiration except the spirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Intemperance is the plaque of sensuality, and temperance is not its bane but its seasoning. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
No man can expect to find a friend without faults; nor can he propose himself to be so to another. Without reciprocal… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Sovereignty is easily preserved by the very arts by which it was originally created. When, however, energy has given place to indifference,… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
“Of course I contradict myself. Why else would hold things in and put the fire out?” — Jennifer Tindugan-Adoviso Copy Share Image
The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would; every inebriate would if he could. — John Bartholomew Gough Copy Share Image
