Abstinence Quote by Frances E. Willard

Abstinence is the surety of temperance.

— Plato

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

— Aristotle

I am sure, Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is.

— William Shakespeare

Abstinence is easier than temperance.

— Anonymous

Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Temperance, in the nobler sense, does not mean a subdued and imperfect energy; it does not mean a stopping short in any good thing,…

— John Ruskin

Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.

— Samuel Johnson

I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.

— Vance Havner

Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced.

— C. A. Bartol

Moderation resembles temperance. We are not so unwilling to eat more, as afraid of doing ourselves harm by it.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Temperance referred not abstaining, but going the right length and no further...of course it may be the duty of a particular Christian, or any…

— C. S. Lewis

Temperance is reason's girdle and passion's bridle, the strength of the soul and the foundation of virtue.

— Jeremy Taylor