Quotes About Moderation

I don't define anything I eat as a vice.

I like to eat chocolate and pizza - that's my vice! - just like everyone else, but if I do it I have to keep it under control.

I had a hard time admitting to myself that I was addicted to sweets. Once I finally realized that was my vice, I completely cut it out for 30 days to try and clean myself of all processed sugar. After that, I slowly incorporated moderate amounts of sugar into my everyday lifestyle.

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.

I have a number of vices, one of which is moderation.

I used to be a video game freak, but I've kind of like eased back.

We know there are good sugars and bad sugars, and we don't discuss whether food in general is good or bad for us. We need to be far more nuanced when we talk about the effects of video games.

I'm a huge video gamer, sometimes a little too much. I'll shut myself in my room just so I can play video games all day and I end up neglecting my friends.

I can't play video games because I have that addictive personality. If I started playing video games I wouldn't stop.

The middle way is a view of life that avoids the extreme of misguided grasping born of believing there is something we can find, or buy, or cling to that will not change. And it avoids the despair and nihilism born from the mistaken belief that nothing matters, that all is meaningless.

Virtue in a woman is like pepper in the soup. A little makes for a nice seasoning. But overdo it, and no one wants very much of you.

And sometimes, sometimes, wanting things, wishing for, working for them, is a good thing. Otherwise, we become nothing but spoiled boys and girls frustrated that we don't get every new toy we see.

Maybe you should start wanting less

Assume in adversity a countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate thy temper.

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

All malt liquors fatten, or at least bloat; and I hope you do not deal much in them.

No animal ever invented anything so bad as drunkenness — or so good as drink.

Vigorous let us be in attaining our ends, and mild in our method of attainment.

For your own professionalism, reputation and appearance, it really is ok to not post every video, picture, event or show on social media. On the contrary, holding back, waiting or not posting certain things all together can help much more than hurt.

But, then, he's a doctor, and part of his job is to tell me to cut back on what I like to eat and drink.

The Bible says we're to be moderate in all things. It's good to help others but not at the expense of your own family.

Strength is the ability to break up a solid piece of chocolate—and then eat just one of the pieces.

Note to self-give serious thought to becoming an alcoholic.