Moderation Quotes

335 Moderation quotes by 260 unique authors

Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. *Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting… — William Shakespeare
Ah, well. Life's too short for moderation, wouldn't you say? — Kate Morton
For while we are enclosed in these confinements of the body, we perform as a kind of duty the heavy task of necessity; for the… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there… — Jimmy Buffett
[...] to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity — Carl von Clausewitz
That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no… — Jane Austen
In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work — Barbara Taylor Bradford
Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no… — Dan Millman
The problem that religious moderation poses for all of us is that it does not permit anything very critical to be said about religious literalism. — Sam Harris
Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive… — Brandon Sanderson
Health is the natural condition. When sickness occurs, it is a sign that Nature has gone off course because of a physical or mental imbalance.… — Jostein Gaarder
To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search… — Charles Darwin
You donâ€™t know the meaning of moderation, do you, my darling? A happy medium is something I wonder if youâ€™ll ever learn. — Madeleine L'Engle
[Benjamin Franklin]identified thirteen virtues he wanted to cultivate--temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity and humility--and made a chart with… — Gretchen Rubin
One thing we have endeavoured to observe most scrupulously, namely, never to depart from the strictest facts and, in dealing with the difficult questions that… — Mahatma Gandhi
Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry. — Henry David Thoreau
Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly. — Michel de Montaigne
MODERATION.SMALL HELPINGS. SAMPLE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. THESE ARE THE SECRETS OF HAPPINESS AND GOOD HEALTH. — Julia Child
Only deeds give strength to life, only moderation gives it charm. — Jean Paul
The advice I have for beginners is the same philosophy that I have for runners of all levels of experience and ability -- consistency, a… — Bill Rodgers

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