Quotes About Temperance

Don't go looking for trouble rather avoid it.

O Lord, breathe on me till I am one with Thee in the temper of my mind and heart and disposition, unto Thee do I turn. How completely again I realise my lostness without Thee.

All the great successes of statesmanlike art and clever popular instincts were the result of cool contemplation, long silence and waiting, hard self-control and, above all, a fundamental renunciation of intoxication and and spectacles.

Stay far hence, far hence, you prudes!

Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.

In my temperance speeches, I have frequently been interrupted, and sometimes interrogated by opponents. I always take things coolly, let them have their say, and endeavor to give them a "Roland for an Oliver.

No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.

I realize that I cannot say enough. So. Since I cannot say enough, at least I will avoid saying to much".

The never-angered person is morally deficient.

Self-control is a fruit of his work.

The best kind of self-control is to avoid situations that require self-control

If you speak, say little and speak low; don't shout. Truly, this is a most useful saying! — St. Bernardine of Siena,

What's wrong with all of us, Bill? Can you tell me that?' 'Hell if I know', he said. 'We drink too much for starters. And we want too much, don't we?

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Careful, Sandi. You're about to let your bulldog mouth overload your bird-dog bite.

Brewing is mentioned rarely in accounts of the Industrial Revolution. Temperance pressures meant it was impolotic for brewers to boast of their achievements and innovations, and few accurate records exist of exactly how it performed in the 19th Century compared to those glamorous, sexy industries like coal mining and steel making.

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

As Godís steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.