Quotes About Temperance

Nothing wrong with whips and needles, in moderation.

Whoever said that a soft answer turneth away wroth had never worked in a bar.

He only drinks when he gets depressed,' said Carrot. 'Why does he get depressed?' 'Sometimes it's because he hasn't had a drink.

Those who practice restraint in body, word, and mind are surely in control of themselves.

You are all vinegar, my dear Helen. I believe in the judicious application of honey.

There are always highs and lows in life, but if you maintain an even keel, then you can take the right decisions.

I try to keep an even keel.

I've found that balance is key. I'm no longer an extremist in any one direction.

Have you ever seen me knock somebody out and make a big scene? Hell no.

If I was very high-strung, I probably would've knocked a few people out by now, and, you know, you would have seen a bad side of me that probably, hopefully, I'll never show.

If you play the fool and exalt yourself, or if you plan evil, clap your hand over your mouth!" (30:32). Here it is, translated for social media: "If you are tempted to slam someone online or brag on Facebook or send off a nasty tweet, turn off the screen and walk away!

God is patient. He doesn't fly off the handle in anger.

Do you really need to say everything that is on your mind?

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires" (James 1:19 – 20).

There's nothing as nice as a moderate drinking problem,

I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.

Moderation is all very well, but only in moderation.

The key to happiness in life is knowing when to keep your mouth shut.

The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash.

Pursuing a balanced life means never pursuing anything at the extremes.

The sharpest sword is a word spoken in wrath.

Never give way to desire, over logic. It's the recipe for disaster.

Patience will achieve more than force.

Now, that Lazarus should lie stranded there on the curbstone before the door of Dives, this is more wonderful than that an iceberg should be moored to one of the Moluccas. Yet Dives himself, he too lives like a Czar in an ice palace made of frozen sighs, and being a president of a temperance society, he only drinks the tepid tears of orphans.