Quotes About Temperance

Be superior to pleasure.

No man ever repented that he arose from the table sober, healthful, and with his wits about him.

It is much better to take a little every day than some days to abstain wholly and on others to surfeit oneself.

All fancied sanctification which does not arise wholly from the blood of the cross is nothing better than Pharisaism. If we would be holy, we must get to the cross, and dwell there; else, notwithstanding all our labour, diligence, fasting, praying and good works, we shall be yet void of real sanctification, destitute of those humble, gracious tempers which accompany a clear view of the cross.

Fundamentalism, in whatever form, solves no problems but only suppresses them. We must not succumb to the temptation that from time to time emerges from it and its apparently simple and clear solutions. With its intolerance, it can have no future: things must not be reduced to a single, isolated principle, be it ever so noble and elevated. Always and above all, the whole is at stake.

he who ruleth his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city

No pleasure in anything if you mouth it up too much.

Churchill had an extraordinary capacity for alcohol and it rarely affected his judgement.

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.

Despite the ebb and flow of our feelings, we can control the way we act. Patience, for instance, is not a feeling. Patience is the description of a behavior. One can choose to act patiently even while the feeling of frustration tempts him to choose inappropriate behavior. It is impossible to feel frustrated and feel patient at the same time, but one can be inundated with feelings of frustration and still display patience. Patience is a discipline. It is an action. Patience is a chosen response.

I refused to pair with a Tory MP, I refused all foreign junkets and I've never had a drink in a Westminster bar.

If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

I know I deal with it, I'm sure a lot of other people deal with it: you have that little funny dig you want to give on Twitter or you want to put in your column. Don't do it. it always undermines your argument.

I don't have a lot of discipline.

Even when I was young, I never felt extreme feelings.

Extremes are dangerous.

I'm not an extremist, you know.

I come across as quite aggressive and quite in people's faces and everything like that, but I know where to draw the line.

Good players on good teams don't get too high, don't get too low. They're even-keeled, and they go about their business the right way.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'