Quotes About Temperance

I stayed a virgin until I was 23. I didn't do drugs or drink or smoke.

Jefferson would remain devoted to Epicurean thought for the remainder of his life. He summarized that belief system thusly: Happiness the aim of life. Virtue the foundation of happiness Utility the test of virtue . . . Virtue consists in Prudence Temperance Fortitude Justice90

Happiness the aim of life. Virtue the foundation of happiness Utility the test of virtue . . . Virtue consists in Prudence Temperance Fortitude Justice90

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

No nation was ever drunk when wine was cheap.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.

Jesus loved crème brûlée, but even with crème brûlée enough isn't just enough, it can get to be too much.

A good thing is good, but more than enough of a good thing is too much.

Acting sober is an art," he explained. "The trick is to say very little and be very still.

I'm a pretty solid Christian. But even as an altar boy, I was always asking the bigger questions--you know: if God is, in fact, good, what is all this death I see? And if God is gentle, what is all this suffering I see? I've found some of the answers in Eastern religion. It explained my Christianity to me. Good and evil are the same thing. You can't have one without the other. It's the balance, it's the temperance of things.

People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and keep their tempers, are very diplomatic and very inclusive.

I'm not a gambler, let's just say that, nor have I ever been a dealer at a casino.

I'm normally a really humble guy.

I don't normally get too excited. I just - yeah, I just try and keep it pretty simple, and that's just my personality, really.

I don't go to clubs and stuff like that, so I don't have to put up with it in there. And normally, because obviously I could hurt somebody, and if I look at it that way, I have to back off.

I don't really party. I'll occasionally have a drink.

I try to save being angry for the really important moments - for special occasions.

There's an old Talmudic belief that you build a fence around an impulse. If that's not good enough, you build a fence around the fence.

When I am tempted to criticize I will bite on my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs. Is