Quotes about Moderation

On the surface it appears that all we're talking about is food and the amount we consume. In reality, there is a more serious issue at the root of gluttony. Overstuffing ourselves with food or drinking until we get drunk or

When a special occasion rolls around, I can find ways to celebrate that don't involve blowing my healthy eating plan.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades.

Of all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the exercise of gentleness and moderation.

As we have been continuously counseled for more than 60 years, let us have some food set aside that would sustain us for a time in case of need. But let us not panic nor go to extremes. Let us be prudent in every respect. And, above all, my brothers and sisters, let us move forward with faith in the Living God and His Beloved Son.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants and to serve them one's self, so as to have somewhat left to give, instead of being always prompt to grab?

Indigence and indulgence are the two extremes of wretchedness.

Pray for your needs, not your greed.

I drink no more than a sponge.

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.