Quotes About Moderation

I stay away from desserts, but every now and then, I have a sticky toffee pudding or a cup of tea with some biscuits.

Mam was always saying we had a simple diet: tea and bread, bread and tea, a liquid and a solid, a balanced diet - what more do you need? Nobody got fat.

You can drink too much tea.

I'm not greedy - I have a pretty good life. I don't have an expensive lifestyle, so I can make my living teaching classes at my gym.

We represent the moderate teachings and principles of Islam.

Another good tip is to set boundaries on your beloved accumulations. When the yarn or drawings or tiles or glass or whatever reach a certain level, stop collecting and start disposing. You know in your heart that in the blink of an eye, more will come your way.

We make too much of the good and too much of the bad.

You've reached the voice of reason; be reasonable!

Shopping is never over," Susan said. "It is merely suspended.

Know thyself, especially thyself after a couple of drinks.

As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around.

Unbalance so as to re-balance.

When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

I wasna fou, but just had plenty.

Contented wi' little and cantie wi' mair.

Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!

Do not overstep your bounds. Do what you are assigned to do, to the best of your abilities, and never do more. To think that by doing more you are doing better is a common blunder. It is never good to seem to be trying too hard—it is as if you were covering up some deficiency. Fulfilling a task that has not been asked of you just makes people suspicious. If you are a crown-keeper, be a crown-keeper. Save your excess energy for when you are not in the court.

Perfect economy, then, does not mean hoarding your resources. That is not economy but stinginess—deadly in war. Perfect economy means finding a golden mean, a level at which your blows count but do not wear you out.

To think that by doing more you are doing better is a common blunder. It is never good to seem to be trying too hard—it is as if you were covering up some deficiency.

be hostile unless you must, Moiraine had said, but above all never be overly friendly. Never be eager

You are dehydrated, I said. The result of alcohol taken in excess. But that is the only way to take it. It is the only way to do a man any good.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. Epicurus

Too much greed, however, as anything in excess can be, is not good.