Quotes About Moderation

To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.

If this is the only life, then everything assumes too great an importance. We have to get everything out of life and we overdo it.

We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.

Do not hurry; do not rest.

The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.

Ah, Miss Harriet, it would do us no harm to remember oftener than we do, that vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Never count calories, never go hungry, only exercise if you want to!

If you can't hold your drink, don't

Fun is essential to mastering the serious side of life. It provides the balance that keeps us sane

We do not need anything more than our daily bread.

No, no, no, no. Don't get carried away, man. One thaw is not the summer.

Do not be hot tempered.

Computers have their uses They're great for work or play But it's not a good idea just to stare at them all day!

where wine enters, smartness goes away...

don't let the pride take over reason

For being the best in the world is not possible, to be the worst in the world is also not possible, in between is always possible.

To do it all and deprive others of doing is...a misguided notion.

When red fires blaze in the mountains, why would one need more dry wood? When great rivers are already swollen with water, what need could there be for a heavy rain? When there is already discord between countries, why stir up further turmoil?

when your knees become fatter than your legs, start eating again.

I ran three miles, staggered into the lobby, and took the elevator back to my apartment. No point to overdoing this exercise junk. --Stephanie Plum

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

When life gets overwhelming, I remind myself that the trick is balance.

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!

May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, The foresight to know where you're going, And the insight to know when you're going too far. Irish proverb