Quotes About Temperance

I try never to get too high or too low. You have to keep that medium.

I don't know if I have the right answers, but I can tell you that I try to not respond in a moment of being angry.

Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire.

Know not to revere human things too much.

You don't want to get too ridiculous on the weekdays.

You will go most safely in the middle.

Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.

I don't go around screaming at people every day of the week.

John would drink, too, but he would stop. After a while, John would say, 'I've had enough, I don't want to be in the papers.'

There's a song on there called 'Slow Down,' and it's about a girl who could be wifey but is just moving to quick, partying; needs to slow down. A lot of ladies can relate; they might know someone or be that girl.

I don't go out partying at all.

I have completely cut out the partying but if there's a celebration I'll have a little cocktail.

wisdom, courage, temperance, fortitude and all those qualities that can command the admiration of noble minds, is not surpassed in the history of any nation under the sun.

How can I be angry and not sin?

You should not let yourself get too high or too low. Stay in the middle.

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Anger, the Stoics said, was a short madness.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

Water is a beverage which I never enjoyed in purity and perfection before I visited America. It is provided in abundance in the cars, the hotels, the waiting-rooms, the steamers, and even the stores, in crystal jugs or stone filters, and it is always iced. This may be either the result or the cause of the temperance of the people.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.

Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.

I'd say exercising self-control is very important for a dissolute life.

I'm not really the party person. I don't 'become myself' once I'm drunk. I don't use alcohol to be happy.