Quotes About Moderation

Good is knowing when to stop.

Everything depends on knowing how much...Good is knowing when to stop.

Everything depends on knowing how much {and} Good is knowing when to stop.

The uncharming qualities of capitalism are its middle ground.

So why has this potentially self-destructive system of economic arrangements lasted? Probably because of habits of restraint, honesty and moderation which accompanied its emergence.

Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough." MARK TWAIN

Often, problems arise and dangers accrue not too fast for us to notice, but too slow. So we need to draw lines to prevent things from going too far.

You can be a genius, but you won't get far in life without balance.

While he and his father were closer to the political right during their younger years, they've moderated and both agree that a two-state solution, one Jewish, one Arab, is the only chance for peaceful cohabitation in the region.

Have I heard right that you fast everyday and stand in prayer all night?' Abdullah replied, 'Yes, O Messenger of God.' The Prophet said, 'Do not do that. Fast, as well as eat and drink. Stand in prayer, as well as sleep. For your body has a right upon you, your eyes have a right upon you, your wife has a right upon you, and your guest has a right upon you.' (Bukhari, Muslim.)

An excess of reason is itself a form of madness

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

Who recalls when folks got along without something if it cost too much?

For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don't know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.

Both life and work were a great more reewarding when you didn't take them quite so seriously

Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.

I once heard someone say that the concept of moderation seems a little extreme, and tonight...I agree.

To keep your head. quit while you are ahead.

Tal como as plantas, a amizade não deve ser muito nem pouco regada.

It was a question of distinguishing between the possible and the impossible, of knowing how far to go without going too far.

El secreto de la felicidad está en no insistir (Gregorio Martínez Sierra).

When you love food as much as I do, staying healthy is not easy. I mean, moderation, not deprivation. That's my new way of living. I always want more and that's just my life.

I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving.

It is a very simple matter," continued Colonel Bradford, "to live simply in this highly complex world. Let the world be complex but let your diet, and all matters pertaining to your mental and physical wellbeing be simple.