Quotes about Moderation
One of the consequences of covetousness is that it destroys the capacity to discern sufficiency. It distorts our thinking to the point where: Enough is never enough.
— James MacDonald
Be satisfied with what you have.
— Aesop
Oh, my friends, be warned by me, That breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea, Are all human frame requires.
— Hilaire Belloc
Any form of over-indulgence creates within the body warning signs of destruction.
— Mother Angelica
Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
— Cicero
If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.
— Confucius
The superior man limits his achievements.
— Confucius
Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other
— Martin Luther
The seriousness of ecological degradation lays bare the depth of man's moral crisis... Simplicity, moderation, and discipline as well as the spirit of sacrifice must become a part of everyday life.
— Pope John Paul II
It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.
— Euripides