Abstinence Quotes

126 quotes by 98 authors

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. — Saint Augustine
Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence. — Samuel Butler
I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except… — Giacomo Casanova
Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex. — Kurt Angle
My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the… — Robert E. Lee
The law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker and Father of the universe. — Clement of Alexandria
Abstinence-only education - the best STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and pregnancy delivery system that politicians have ever devised. — Rachel Maddow
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. — Albert Einstein
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. — Frances E. Willard
When I finally embraced abstinence it was because of the simple urge to work a longer day. Thus, without joining Alcoholics Anonymous, I was at… — Clive James
Against diseases here the strongest fence is the defensive vertue, Abstinence. — Robert Herrick
It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with… — James Madison
You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold of it and… — Boyd K. Packer
Abstinence is a window of clarity through which one can better find one's work and one's mate. — Lance Morrow
Chastity, like honesty, is a civic as well as a personal virtue. When a society loses chastity, it begins to destroy itself. — J. William Schickel
Surrender to sensuality paralyzes the powers of the moral person. — Josef Pieper
Our main reproductive organ is our brain. — Molly Kelly
If you can control yourself sexually, you can control yourself. Period. — A. C. Green
If you want to preserve your virginity, it's about not wanting to belong to the human species. — Catherine Breillat
I would like to outlaw contraception... contraception is disgusting - people using each other for pleasure. — Joseph Scheidler

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