Quotes About Temperance

In everything the middle course is best: All things in excess bring trouble to men.

Don't go chasin' waterfalls. Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

Of course one should not drink much, but often.

One of the things we're taught as actors is restraint - don't jump off the cliff.

I never had any alcohol on the golf course that I remember, except for one time, and that was the L.A. Open.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

Don't lose your temper; you have only got one.

All excess, as well as renunciation, brings its own punishment.

You will go most safely by the middle way.

Modesty, if one may trust to the verdict of the mass of mankind, is a good quality. It sweetens the soul and makes for a kindly understanding of one's fellows.

Màs vale hombre paciente que valiente, mejor dominarse que conquistar ciudades

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."24

Abstente de hacer lo que deseas, y podrás entonces hacer lo que te plazca».

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." I

Not that I am conservative, but did you know that one drink has the kick of three when you are alone?

Feliz es sólo el hombre bien templado  que de hoy se hace dueño indiscutido,  que al mañana increparle puede osado:  "extrema tu rigor, que hoy he vivido".

If you disagree with them you may be tempted to interrupt. But don't. It is dangerous.

He never raised his voice, even in the midst of volatile situations.

And with respect to feelings that are inherently injurious and wrong, their strategy is not one of resisting them in the moment of choice but of living in such a way that they do not have such feelings at all, or at least do not have them in a degree that makes it hard to decide against them when appropriate.

that temperance, moderation, quietness, health, society, all agreeable diversions, and all desirable pleasures, were the blessings attending the middle station of life; that

the height of human wisdom was to bring our tempers down to our circumstances

Cualquiera puede enfadarse, eso es algo muy sencillo. Pero enfadarse con la persona adecuada, en el grado exacto, en el momento oportuno, con el propósito justo y del modo correcto, eso, ciertamente, no resulta tan sencillo. Aristóteles, Ética a Nicómaco.