Quotes about Moderation
A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.
— Mahatma Gandhi
World has things which full fill man needs, but not greeds.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I was daily intoxicated, yet no man could call me intemperate.
— Henry David Thoreau
Dress not thy thoughts in too fine a raiment. And be not a man of superfluous words or superfluous deeds.
— Marcus Aurelius
Frugality includes all the other virtues.
— Cicero
Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all.
— Cicero
If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.
— Cicero
The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.
— Epictetus
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .
— Charles Dickens
Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.
— Hippocrates
Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going beserk.
— Melody Beattie
If all the world should in a pet of temp'rance, feed on pulse, drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze, Th' all-giver would be unthank'd, would be unprais'd.
— John Milton