Quotes About Temperance

I've never had a sip of alcohol.

I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.

O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy, In measure rain thy joy, scant this excess!

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed tempers for you.

Never succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter. As you press for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the instruments of love.

A true spiritual teacher knows more than he or she necessarily verbalizes, using temperance and love to be guided to say what is appropriate.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have all one needs. (Page 11)

Ne quid nimis

38] Too much and too little wine. Do not give him any, he cannot find the truth. Give him too much; the same thing.

Kelly said, "That was the greatest show of self-control I have ever seen. If that was me, I would have taken that resignation letter and shoved it up his ass six different times.

Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.

The sweetest pleasures soonest cloy, And its best flavour temperance gives to joy.

Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure.

How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason?

I'm not the type of person who thinks up a joke and has to tell everyone.

Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.

Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of his soul.Men must not turn bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.

The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude.

The virtue of prosperity, is temperance; the virtue of adversity, is fortitude; which in morals is the more heroical virtue.

Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the sword is in another?s hand.* If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense," she remembers. "Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it" (Colossians 3:13–14, The Message).

It was the most important art a person could learn: self-control.