Quotes About Moderation

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it.

In general, opinions contrary to those commonly received can only obtain a hearing by studied moderation of language, and the most cautious avoidance of unnecessary offence, from which they hardly ever deviate even in a slight degree without losing ground: while unmeasured vituperation employed on the side of the prevailing opinion, really does deter people from professing contrary opinions, and from listening to those who profess them.

Everything slows down with age, except the time it takes cake and ice cream to reach your hips.

I love Jesus but I drink alittle- Gladis Hardy from the Ellen Show

Our danger is not from scarcity, but from abundance. We are constantly tempted to excess.

Appetite must not be your god.—

Moderation has never yet engineered an explosion

He who demands little gets it.

I'm quite private. And I never wanted to be the biggest star in the world, really. So in that sense I've got a good balance of doing great shows, of making an appearance every now and then and writing music, and I don't really have to do much else.

Never overdo anything, always have a limit and do keep to it. For, that's just what it means to be self-controlled. ~Emeasoba George

Never overdo anything, have a limit and keep to it.

Self control is all about having a firm hand i.e. self control is strict discipline/control of one's emotions and actions. Are you self controlled or not? If NO then, you've got to strictly discipline/control your emotions/actions. For, you ought to do just that.

I'm on a health kick! I'm drawn to cheeseburgers, so I've got to just try and keep it on an even keel.

The moderate people of every party must combine to support the Government which, on the whole, suits every party best.

We are not now concerned with perfection or excellence; we seek only for simple fitness and bare competency.

The world seems growing young when grave old lawyers and mature philosophers propose a scheme promising so much. It is from these classes that young men suffer commonly the chilling demonstration that their fine plans are opposed to rooted obstacles, that they are repetitions of other plans which failed long ago, and that we must be content with the very moderate results of tried machinery.

Moderation is the key-note of lasting enjoyment.

Your wife ought to drink water, lightly tinged with a Burgundy wine agreeable to her taste, but destitute of any tonic properties; every other kind of wine would be bad for her. Never allow her to drink water alone; if you do, you are lost...

Glory is a poison, good to be taken only in small doses.

A hobby is a happy medium between a passion and a monomania.

Being frugal is well and good, but I think it's important to do this kind of thing, maybe, oh, once every six months or so.

Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That's my motto.

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance.

Working Hard Doesn't Mean Working All the Time.