Quotes About Temperance

The Golden Mean Doctrine, which states that virtuous behavior requires one to walk the middle ground between asceticism and indulgence. To take the path of moderation between excess and deprivation. To avoid being an extremist in any dimension of one's life. Here's a maxim that's worth remembering: Restriction promotes addiction.

When anger and misperception are high, some thoughts are best left unsaid.

When you indulge in wine let [it] be sparingly—never go beyond three glasses—but by no means every day.

As an ardent temperance advocate, he was extremely uncomfortable around drinkers—perhaps one reason why he seldom visited the oil fields.

It is revealing that Morgan didn't leap at the fortune but responded with cool self-control.

What I fear is that he may perhaps talk too much which would be very undesirable

Eliza never lost her temper, never raised her voice, never scolded anyone—a style of understated authority that John inherited.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Faith is walking with God. If you get up in the mornings angry and screaming at everybody, you are not demonstrating that you have a bad temper so much as you are demonstrating that you don't have faith. When you walk with God, you demonstrate His nature.

Hold your tongue, Ma!' said the young crab, a little snappishly. 'You're enough to try the patience of an oyster!

Your mother and I do not approve of drinking. Have you not heard of the Eighteenth Amendment?" "Prohibition? I drink to its health whenever I can.

Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth.

I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.

I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.

I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon.

Drinking is an art, not a sport. You make it a sport, you're dead in the water, you lose everything. It'll kill you, I tell you.

All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects.

Contemplatives are not likely to become gamblers, or procurers, or drunkards; they do not as a rule preach intolerance, or make war; do not find it necessary to rob, swindle or grind the faces of the poor.

Era un consejo demasiado bueno como para que yo pudiera seguirlo.

But chastity means passion, chastity means neurasthenia. And passion and neurasthenia mean instability.

Todas las ventajas del cristianismo y del alcohol; y ninguno de sus inconvenientes.

I neither suffer myself, nor other fools, gladly.

Patrão, não vamos confundir prudência com covardia; a prudência é uma virtude.

Though a gamester at heart, he never touched a card, for he considered his position did not allow him—as he said— to risk the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous