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Quotes About Moderation

Less isn't more; just enough is more.
~ Milton Glaser
We should test prudently; not profligately.
~ Andy Hargreaves
Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
~ Robert Burns
If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.
~ Laozi
One should practice much sense, not much learning.
~ Democritus
A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.
~ William Allen White
To go faster you must slow down.
~ John Brunner
Learning when 'enough is enough' is the discipline of a lifetime.
~ Gail Godwin
If one foot is in a bucket of steam, and the other is in a bucket of ice, you are not, on average, comfortable.
~ Andy Hargreaves
I learnt not to be desperate in bad times, and I am learning not to be bullish when times are good.
~ John Elkann
I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'
~ Grace Kelly
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
~ Moliere
Life is balance of holding on and letting go.
~ Rumi
In life... we need to find a balance. You have to set rules and limitations - that is called discipline. And you have to practice that in all your worlds.
~ Cesar Millan
Too much togetherness is never good. You have to stand on your own two feet.
~ Jen Calonita
I'm not lazy. I'm simply judicious about excess movement.
~ Jen Lancaster
Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated.
~ Jennifer Aniston
But we all know the drill: if we eat only candy, if we cultivate our friendships and relationships primarily online, if we forget to walk to town sometimes instead of drive, a crucial part of us will wither. You don't have to read all the books on your list at once. Just pick up the one that grabs you right now. If you don't love it, put it down. Move on.
~ Jennifer Egan
I try to eat in a way that makes me feel good. If that means a little bite of chocolate I do that, but I try not to use food as a reward for myself.
~ Jennifer Garner
Anger as soon as fed is dead- 'Tis starving makes it fat.
~ Emily Dickinson
HOPE is a subtle glutton; He feeds upon the fair; And yet, inspected closely, What abstinence is there!
~ Emily Dickinson
Ne volim krajeve i po?etke. Uvijek bih se radije ljuljuškala u sredini.
~ Emily Giffin
S]he takes a killer. Sometimes she takes two, never more than two, because some things are good for us but too much is suddenly bad.
~ Emma Donoghue
STAY CLEAN, WARM, AND WELL NOURISHED, BUT FORBEAR TO USE MORE THAN A FAIR SHARE OF FUEL AND FOOD. EARLY TO SLEEP AND KEEP WINDOWS WIDE, WHILE TAKING CARE TO AVOID DRAUGHTS. VENTILATION AND SANITATION WILL BE OUR NATION'S SALVATION.
~ Emma Donoghue