Quotes
Quotes about Moderation
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
There is moderation even in excess.
Observe moderation. In all, the fitting season is best.
Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.
There are bad men and good men, it's as simple as that. Greed and malevolence face moderation and decency
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
The decent moderation of today will be the least of human things tomorrow. At the time of the Spanish Inquisition, the opinion of good sense and of the good medium was certainly that people ought not to burn too large a number of heretics; extreme and unreasonable opinion obviously demanded that they should burn none at all.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.".
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
Where there are love and generosity, there is joy. Where there are sincerity and sacrifice, there is friendship. Where there are harmony and simplicity, there is beauty. Where there are prayer and forgiveness, there is peace. Where there are moderation and patience, there is wisdom. Where there are conflicts and crises, there is opportunity. Where there are wonder and adventure, there is growth. Where there are adoration and confession, there is worship. Where there are compassion and concern, there is God. Where there are faith and hope, there is spring.
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right."
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me also remind you that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
The three signs of great men areâgenerosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices of great men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.
