Abstinence Quote by George MacDonald

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

— Saint Augustine

“Sometimes, being told not to do something just makes us want it all the more. Sometimes, a little of what you crave is better…

— Joanne Harris

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

— Saint Augustine

Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.

— Ambrose Bierce

[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

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

I'm practicing abstinence. But not by choice.

— Anonymous

It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted.

— Aristippus

The best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Prevention is far, far better than repentance.

— Spencer W. Kimball

Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion.

— John Tillotson

Abstinence is easier than temperance.

— Anonymous