Quotes About Moderation

There is nothing more operative than sedulity and diligence. A man would wonder at the mighty things which have been done by degrees and gentle augmentations. Diligence and moderation are the best steps whereby to climb to any excellence, nay, it is rare that there is any other other way.

Freedom is like drink. If you take any at all, you might as well take enough to make you happy for a while.

A couple of days of this powdered cuisine and my uncle actually lost a few pounds. Things were going well until he decided that adding a couple of scoops of Baskin-Robbins improved the flavor substantially. Following

Moderation, we find, is an extremely difficult thing to get in this country.

Need 'nother whiskey. Whiskey chaser. Gotta get two men drunk." Mr. Cohan placed both hands on the bar. "Mr. Walsh," he said severely, "in Gavagan's we will serve a man a drink to wet his whistle, or even because his old woman has pasted him with a dornick, but a drink to get drunk with I do not sell. Now I'm telling you you've had enough for tonight, and in the morning you'll be thanking me..." ("My Brother's Keeper")

Take only what you need, not what you want.

La estereotipación del pensamiento conforta y consuela. El extremista afán de lucir como hombre moderado, arbitrador de divergencias, como personalidad agradable a toda costa, cohíbe e inhibe la curiosidad mental; hacerse solidario de la opinión pública da sensación de seguridad.

I'm not for the left wing or the right wing--I'm for the whole bird.

Extremes should be avoided.

There is legitimate pleasure, which is not wrong, but we are not to become so preoccupied with its activities that it takes the place of God.

There are two ways of being rich—have a lot, or want very little. The latter way is the easier for most.

Moderates are not moderate through weakness but through strength.

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

When one does not love too much, one does not love enough.

Like eating too much marzipan, a little goes a long way where ideas are concerned. And more does not always mean better.

There is a lot to life beyond the computer screen. There is food and music and art and friendship and talking and laughing and flowers and sports and, as you say, an argument down at the pub. To say that the internet changed everything is simply an alarming assertion for an intelligent person to make. You are spending way too much time in front of a computer screen.

A little wine sometimes, that's all. Spirits are bad. Alcohol wrong. Herb does grow.

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

I can't be on the cheeseburger diet all the time.

For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food.

The use we make of our fortune determines its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely, and too much if expended foolishly.

Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.