Quotes About Abstinence

I am she that men call Modesty. Virgin I am and ever shall be. Not for me the fruitful fields and the fertile vineyard. Increase is odious to me; and when the apples burgeon or the flocks breed, I run, I run, I let my mantle fall. My hair covers my eyes, I do not see. Spare, O spare!

His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him. He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us!

ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Against diseases here the strongest fence Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.

por eso detesto las masturbaciones yacentes

The greatest form of abortion is not letting the man put it there in the first place!

I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't drink coffee. Starbucks is not going to make any money on me.

Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.

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

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

Eating constitutes the greatest obstacle to self-control; it gives rise to indolence.

I used to be the occasional social drinker earlier. But now my intake of alcohol has ceased completely. I want to be fighting fit for the boxing ring.

As long as I don't overindulge, it's OK for me to eat burgers and ice cream occasionally. As for alcohol? I've never tried it.

Never will I overindulge the requests of my flesh, rather I will cherish my body with cleanliness and moderation.

another thing, Leo talking about abstinence is like Donald Trump talking about altruism.

If you wish to keep your affairs secret, drink no wine.

My pleasures disappeared with my vices.

Cognitive behavioural therapy for carbohydrate addicts begins with abstinence (see definition below) and removal of the drug from a patient's local environment.

According to glycemic index principles, it would be fine for an alcoholic to drink beer, but not whisky since beer raises your blood alcohol level more slowly, making beer healthy, but whisky not. If abstinence is curative, what value is there in the science of less? Asking a diabetic to count their carbohydrates is no different than asking an alcoholic to count their drinks.

In his preaching, Christ condemned adulterous behavior, but otherwise said nothing in any of the four Gospels about whom you could love, or how you could love. He said nothing about sex between people of the same gender. He said nothing about the superiority of abstinence over experience, nothing about the who and how of coupling, the timing of when to have children and when to practice birth control, all the forbidden sex later codified in exhaustive detail by celibate men.

Are You Fooling Yourself with a Plan for Moderation?

The American abolitionist Wendell Phillips did in fact say that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." He added that "the manna of popular liberty must be gathered each day or it is rotten.

Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex.

The only time I tried alcohol my hangover lasted for days, and I decided never again.