Inactivity Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

— Ambrose Bierce

In doubt if an action is just, abstain.

— Zoroaster

Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even…

— Mark Twain

“Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.”

— Xenophon

The true abstinent in this world is he whose tolerance is not overcome by the ill-gotten matters and whose gratitude is not engaged by…

— Zahid Abas

“But the whole point is that he is abstaining, for good reason, from something which he does not condemn and which he likes to…

— C.S. Lewis

The only absolute attainment is absolute abandonment.

— Gore Vidal

[On alcohol:] Total abstinence is an impossibility and ... it will not do to insist on it as a general practice.

— Queen Victoria

Abstinence is the surety of temperance.

— Plato

“Complete abstention may be much easier than moderation.”

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

— Saint Augustine

“And that might be applied to him which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those…

— Marcus Aurelius