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Quotes About Temperance

for with all his self-indulgence he had become a prudent man)
~ Jane Austen
every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason.
~ Jane Austen
convincing Elinor, that whatever other unpardonable folly might bring him to Cleveland, he was not brought there by intoxication.
~ Jane Austen
if everybody was to drink their bottle a day, there would not be half the disorders in the world there are now
~ Jane Austen
Riley reminded herself that she was a professional, and stabbing Emerson with her nail file wouldn't be appropriate.
~ Janet Evanovich
I don't go out to clubs. You'll never see me on a table at a bar, jumping up and down.
~ Lea Michele
It's never going to be a smooth sailing ship, there's going to be ups and downs and I think one of the most important things to understand is not to ride the highs too high and ride the lows too low - it is a marathon and if you can just try to steady the ship as you go.
~ Patty Mills
I can be plenty frustrated and not have to constantly portray myself as upset and angry at the world.
~ James Lankford
I've never been one to throw clubs, break clubs, or use bad language on the golf course. I've played with golfers who've done that, and I really hate to see it. If I did something like that, my dad would come get the putter and hit me upside the head with it. I knew better.
~ Lucas Black
Excess in moderation: don't drink a few beers every day after work, wait 'till the end of the month and drink all the beers at once.
~ Doug Stanhope
My number one thing to work on is not being reactive - but appropriateness doesn't come easily to me sometimes.
~ Courtney Love
You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be such that after lunch you want to pray.
~ Silouan the Athonite
A good horse should be seldom spurred.
~ Thomas Fuller
I work very hard to keep on an even keel as far as alcohol is concerned.
~ Trisha Goddard
For me, temperance is essential to good work.
~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.
~ James Joyce
After 2019, one thing that really stood out to me was, early on, not going too hard at the ball and allowing myself to get in without too much risk.
~ Ben Stokes
Pride is a dangerous indulgence. -Temple Master Lha-Mi
~ Tim Lebbon
without the pot affecting his judgment.
~ Tim Lebbon
Abba Marcius said, 'If you rebuke someone and do it with anger, you have allowed a passion to control you. You have not saved anyone and have destroyed yourself'.
~ Tim Vivian
The female Klan of Indiana held its first statewide convention in July 1923, with a parade of white-robed women on horseback, bands and floats, initiation ceremonies, speeches on virtue and temperance, and a cross burning at night.
~ Timothy Egan
Where in your life are you good at moderation? Where are you an all-or-nothing type? Where do you lack a shut-off switch? It pays to know thyself.
~ Timothy Ferriss
If I have nothing positive to say, I don't say anything.
~ Timothy Ferriss
Don`t talk while you are anger, Don`t talk about new offering`s while you are happy
~ Tittu M John