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Quotes About Moderation

Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.
~ Jeff Bridges
Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good.
~ Jeff Bridges
conformity. They believed in and followed the same rules, respecting parents and teachers above all. This was typical throughout Indiana—according to state historian James H. Madison, "Moderation has been the Indiana way, a moderation firmly anchored in respect for tradition. Among the revolutions that have not occurred in Indiana is a generational revolt." Lynn
~ Jeff Guinn
when asked his philosophy of life, he replied, "Moderation in all things.
~ Jeff Guinn
Lesson for the day, kids: hangovers are real, and they are the opposite of fun.
~ Jeff Sampson
As the months passed, even the strident voices from the newspapers had begun to moderate, and the passion to put Preston's neck in a noose had become subdued. It was a relief to Adams that with the trial now scheduled for October, he had time to work with Josiah Quincy to prepare a case based on law and reason. And it meant he could spend time with his family and enjoy the wonderful peace of the farm.
~ Jeff Shaara
It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.
~ Eiji Yoshikawa
There is a middle road in which you don't hold back or push forward too much. That's the road to be explored.
~ Eliana Gil
When life is enough, we don't need any more.
~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
When it comes to yourself, follow God's formula- deny yourself of overindulgence (Proverbs 23:2 and 30:8), examine yourself for any sinful habits (1 Corinthians 11:28), % exercise yourself to godliness (1 Timothy 4:7), and IK- develop self-control (Galatians 5:23).
~ Elizabeth George
La pasión puede parecer en ocasiones difícil de alcanzar: una torre en llamas distante, accesible solo a genios y a tocados de la gracia divina. La curiosidad, en cambio, es una entidad más moderada y pacífica, más hospitalaria y más democrática.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
you may be wondering how it was physically possible for us to drink more than we already did, but here is the thing about drinking: one can always drink more, if one is truly committed. It's just a matter of discipline, really.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Oh, my dear, relations are like drugs, - useful sometimes, and even pleasant, if taken in small quantities and seldom, but dreadfully pernicious on the whole, and the truly wise avoid them.
~ Elizabeth von Arnim
Um auf Dauer gesund zu bleiben, sollte man nie ganz gesund sein
~ Elizabeth von Arnim
I tried to make each half sandwich last for three full bites, though I could easily have popped them into my mouth whole.
~ Ellen Emerson White
In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance. So no ingredient is ever off-limits. Rather, all of the recipes here follow my Usually-Sometimes-Rarely philosophy. Notice there is no Never.
~ Ellie Krieger
Usually he overdid things, this time he got it right, or as right as something only equivocally right in itself can be got.
~ Ellis Peters
We ought to be making North some now," he said with the utmost restraint.
~ Alfred Lansing
Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
~ Ali bin Abu-Talib
If you cannot get things as much as you desire than be contented with what you have.
~ Ali bin Abu-Talib
An ignorant person will always overdo a thing or neglect it totally.
~ Ali bin Abu-Talib
One who hopes inordinately, impairs his deeds.
~ Ali bin Abu-Talib
The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.
~ Ali bin Abu-Talib
Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.
~ Ali bin Abu-Talib