Quotes about Temperance
There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.
— Publilius Syrus
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
The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness and industry.
— Billy Graham
Youth should stay away from all evil, especially things that produce wickedness and ill-will.
— Aristotle
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
— Barbara Johnson
Patience is a grace as difficult as it is necessary, and as hard to come by as it is precious when it is gained.
— Charles Spurgeon
Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward.
— George Washington
Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
— Tertullian
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
We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good.
— CS Lewis