Temperance Quote by James Boswell

Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed; and it is consolatory to think, that although we can seldom…

— James Boswell

Drinking is in reality an occupation which employs a considerable portion of the time of many people; and to conduct it in the most…

— James Boswell

Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body.

— Theodore Parker

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is…

— Robert E Lee

Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the…

— Anonymous

“And therefore if the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul; that is the first and…

— Socrates

I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.

— John Burns

If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality, and what loss have…

— Seneca the Younger

Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough…

— J. Reuben Clark

For both excessive and insufficient exercise destroy one's strength, and both eating and drinking too much or too little destroy health, whereas the right…

— Aristotle

The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank…

— Billy Sunday

There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and…

— Socrates