Quotes About Temperance

No man is free who cannot control himself.

I am a big believer in balance.

I must have a drink of breakfast.

I know this might be broadcast broadly. But I'm 52 years old, and I'm going to admit to you that I've never had a drop of alcohol.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

Patience has never been my strong suit.

Modesty isn't one of my strong suits.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow

The people are to be taken in very small doses.

Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.

It learned you can't love anything too much in this world.

That would be the desirable situation most of the time. The five main virtues of the medieval knight might be brought in here. One is temperance, another is courage, another is love, another is loyalty, and another is courtesy. Courtesy is respect for the decorum of the society in which you are living.

One must not make too much of anything in life, good or bad.

First they done a lecture on temperance; but they didn't make enough for them both to get drunk on.

He knew that an apple should not be plucked while it is green. It will fall of itself when ripe, but if picked unripe the apple is spoiled, the tree is harmed, and your teeth are set on edge.

You can control yourself if you really want to. I'll tell you how I know you can control yourself. If you were in a full fledged emotional temper tantrum in your house and I knocked on your front door..... Come on! Let me tell you what, you would get control of yourself, and it would only take a few seconds.

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

We are wise to use moderation in all things, meaning to allow ourselves just enough but not too much of anything. This helps us live balanced lives and keeps the doors of our lives closed to the enemy.

Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while you're waiting.

Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.

An inability to stay quiet, an irritable desire to act directly, is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.

it isn't passions that make us weak, but rather uncontrollable passions.

desear lo que hay que desear en cantidades manejables y rechazar aquello que nos apegue.

We desire justice, and justice has never been obtained in haste and strong feeling.