Quotes About Moderation

Men's most superficial feelings lead them to prefer cruel laws. Nevertheless, when they are subjected to them themselves, it is in each man's interest that they be moderate, because the fear of being injured is greater than the desire to injure.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.

They say you can smoke 400 cigs a day and drink 20 cups of coffee, but you can't have a line or a drink again.

When people come to write about my period of office, I would be very happy if they say that I made a contribution to finding the happy medium again for the Germans.

I'm not going to starve just to be thin... I want to enjoy life and I can't if I'm not eating and miserable.

I'm kind of naturally thin, so if I were to completely crash diet, I'd almost be too skinny, and for the VS show, you want to look strong and muscular and fit. Leading up to the show, I eat everything that I normally do, but I moderate it.

I'm always trying to not spread myself too thin.

I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.

When Jerry Springer thinks you've gone too far, my friends, you have gone too far.

Toffee Crisp was my downfall. I once ate five at a sitting. Do you really need that third helping, Harry? My parents didn't overfeed me, nor did they make an issue of it. That's when things go wrong. It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin.

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

I watch what I eat. I'm careful with exercise. I do enough to try to stay healthy, but I don't overdo, and I pace myself... Most important of all though, I try to think healthy thoughts.

Up to a thousand milligrams of caffeine is considered safe for most people, which translates into about 10 cups of coffee a day.

If one does not love too much, one does not love enough

Do you know what I wish at this moment?" she said. "I wish I had no money and no sex. They're both more trouble than they're worth to me.

There is a kind of economy in life. You don't spend more than you have, or say more than you know, or throw your weight around more than necessary.

By practicing Moderation they violate another of Franklin's virtues, Justice. The result of conflicting goals is unhappiness instead of action, as the psychologists Robert Emmons and Laura King demonstrated in a series of studies.

La elegancia no consiste en el exceso de adornos, ni en la profusión de alhajas.

Happiness is a mysterious thing to be found between too little and too much.

Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.

Mi corazón no es orgulloso, ni son altivos mis ojos; no busco grandezas desmedidas, ni proezas que excedan a mis fuerzas.

How young you are. When you attain my age you will understand one of life's great secrets: Luxury is best appreciated in small portions. When it becomes routine it loses its allure.