Quotes About Moderation

Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom)

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le faut.]

What is meant, therefore, by this mortification? Holding the rein firmly while guiding the body and the organs; not letting them do anything they like, but keeping them both under proper control.

Let the mind be cheerful but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction.

Y ou must avoid excessive merriment A mind in that state never becomes calm it becomes fickle

Those obsessed with health are not healthy; the first requisite of good health is a certain calculated carelessness about oneself.

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.

Piety does not mean that a man should make a sour face about things, and refuse to enjoy in moderation what his Maker has given.

The Good Life is not the life of reason alone, but that of the dominance of reason over the spirited energies and the bodily appetites.

If you chase after everything at once, you stand a good chance of ending up empty-handed.

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

Even if a river flows with milk, a dog can take in only one lick at a time

Frog dies because of its making noise

Fully Filled pot does not spill

Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Claim wealth and titles, and disaster will follow. Retire when the work is done. This is the way of heaven.

It's imperative that we limit overtly recreational activities that do not lead to constructive results.

An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense.

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The key to life," he told me once, "is to avoid the highs and the lows. It's the peaks and valleys that mess you up.

Quite simply, my diet has and will always be everything in moderation. People look at Olympic athletes and think they must cut out all those things everyone else indulges in, and speaking for myself, I never did.

For me, generally speaking, I don't like to make a big deal out of stuff.

I would never totally deny myself any specific type of food.

I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum.

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.