Quotes About Moderation

Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

I think you have to be wise and know your limitations and know how to work within them.

We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.

It can't possibly last for years and browsing has its limits. Only a certain amount is healthy or wise.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Choose wisely, then eat in moderation. When I know I'm going to Mom's for dinner, I throw an extra 20 minutes on the cardio machine so I can be ready to eat.

And we'd drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink... And now people don't drink nearly as much, for good reason. We're all a little wiser.

The one thing perhaps that technology hasn't always given us is a sense of how to make the wisest use of technology.

I have a reputation for drinking a lot. Indeed, I drink quite much. However, I give it up when I wish to do so. I never, ever drink while on duty. The drinking is only for my pleasure. I do not remember neglecting my duties because of drinking even once.

Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in the mean, and moderation is virtue. Every abiding place outside the bounds of moderation is only exile to the wise man.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means.

It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

On the fragrance side, I think it's important that it's not overpowering, a fragrance on a man or a woman. I think it's important to see the person before you smell them. Less is more.

The ministers of kings should learn to moderate their ambition. The higher they elevate themselves above their proper sphere, the greater the danger that they will fall.