Temperance Quotes

141 quotes by 105 authors

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. — Aristotle
Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and good health that… — Ezra Taft Benson
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance… — Lord Chesterfield
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. — Thomas Aquinas
A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of those who have made progress… — John Climacus
Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy… — Ephrem the Syrian
He who neither drinks, nor smokes, nor dances, he who preaches & even occasionally practice piety, temperance and celibacy, is generally a saint, or a… — Sam Manekshaw
Joy is love exalted; peace is love in response; long-suffering is love enduring; gentleness is love in society; goodness is love in action; faith is… — Dwight L. Moody
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
I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking. — Benjamin Franklin
Intemperance is the plaque of sensuality, and temperance is not its bane but its seasoning. — Michel de Montaigne
Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues - honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us discard all covetousness… — J. Reuben Clark
In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance. — Joseph Joubert
Temperance and labor are the two real physicians of man. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. — Joseph Addison
Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness. — Benjamin Haydon
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. — Frances E. Willard
Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the… — Benjamin Franklin
Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance. — Mark Twain
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and… — George Mason

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