Quotes about Moderation
Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.
— Epicurus
Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.
— Abraham Lincoln
Happy is he that chastens himself.
— Anonymous
Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these I reckon will give you a good life.
— Abraham Lincoln
Even moderation ought not to be practised to excess.
— Anonymous
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling that desire.
— Epictetus
Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
— Thomas a Kempis
No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage. It is, in truth, the only antidote to the bane of whiskey.
— Thomas Jefferson
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake.
— Anonymous
If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.
— Confucius
I know nothing more important to inculcate into the minds of young people than the wisdom, the honor, and the blessed comfort of living within their income.
— Thomas Jefferson
A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it.
— Lyndon B. Johnson