Business Quote by Jeremy Collier

Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.

— Saint Augustine

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passions

— St Thomas Aquinas

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

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

— Frances E. Willard

Temperance is essential, if the services of men and women are to be employed to the best and most useful effect according, to the…

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

Temperance adds zest to pleasure.

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

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

— William Shakespeare

Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him…

— Saint Augustine

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

— Jeremy Taylor

Temperance is a bridle of gold; he, who uses it rightly, is more like a god than a man.

— Robert A. Burton

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

— C. A. Bartol

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

— Mark Twain