Quotes about Excess

Shopping: The fine art of acquiring things you don't need with money you don't have.

The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

You booze, you cruise, you lose.

A feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

The ancient proverb says, "Satiety   produces disgust

Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain.

The spiritual man in mythology, in literature and in the great world religions has an excess of life, he knows he has it, makes no apology for it, and finally recognizes that he does not even need to protect or guard it. It is not for him. It is for others. His life is not his own. His life is not about him. It is about God.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.

That is why one of Rich's most powerful songs, and one he enjoyed singing in concert more than any other, is "Greed.

Any form of over-indulgence creates within the body warning signs of destruction.