Moderation Quotes

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

When it comes to cooking and eating, I always try to preach that life is about moderation. Even if I'm having beef for dinner, it's probably going to be a 3-4 ounce portion with heaps and heaps of vegetables.

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

On my show I share all these yummy, fattening recipes, but I tell people, in moderation, in moderation. You can have that little piece of pie.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food.

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.

The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don't want people to think that 'Let's Move' is about complete, utter deprivation. It's about moderation and real-life changes and ideas that really work for families.

Everything in moderation.

The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'

In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

Why do other first world countries give children so many fewer vaccines than we do? Vaccines save lives, but might be harming some children. Is moderation such a terrible idea?

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

There is moderation even in excess.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of stable growth, sustainable growth, and basically with inflation in check.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

I can't do anything in moderation.