Quotes About Temperance

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

An attack is proof that one is out of control.

You don't have to be nice all the time—just most of the time.

Reprimand not a child immediately on the offence. Wait till the irritation has been replaced by serenity.

Beware the ire of the calm.

Originally, the prohibitionists had habitually referred to themselves as temperate, as men of temperance. By the 1880s and 1890s, however, this was no longer true: the prohibitionists now spoke of themselves as "radicals." It was no longer enough to attack hard liquor; denunciations of beer were now stepped up.

Abstaining from anger and sex is like popcorn in the oven, thoughts quickly cook.

Diplomacy is beautiful, but it must also follow the famous maxim of nothing in excess.

Hold your moods so tight. Never let them to swing all over the place.

New Revelation from Heaven: The sin is not in wine, but in drunkenness and loss of self-control or conscience. If you don't lose your awareness, which isn't guaranteed, then you're good to enjoy your wine in peace.

The only benefit of fear is to be afraid when everyone else are getting too greedy.

We cannot define the true meaning of the word patience without becoming impatient ourselves.

You can't claim control over the physical body if you can't control your appetite for food.

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.

?ovjekovo pravo bi?e pokazuje se u tri slu?aja. Kad je posrijedi novac, kad govori u srdžbi i kad je pijan.

Letting off steam always produces more heat than light.

He is a calm man in a land of hotheads,

The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Insull was a serious and driven young man. Born into a family of temperance crusaders, he spent his boyhood poring over books with titles like Lives of the Great Engineers and Self-Help.

Well I'm getting healthier, y'know.' He croaks. 'My drinking is … uh, minimal now. I get into that when I'm bored.

Wisdom consists in being moderate not out of horror of excess, but out of love for the limit.

He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

How easy for those who do not bulge To not overindulge!

Gluttony is not a secret vice.