Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Moderation Quotes
CultureForceFreedomModerationSociety America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
AppropriatenessDeliberationIntentionModeration A speech idiosyncrasy, in the same way as an air quote, is really justifiable only if it's employed very sparingly and if the user consciously intends to be using it.
BalanceModerationPleasureSelf-Control If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
ModerationTruth Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.
ChangeConsequenceExcessModeration Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
HappinessHealthModerationStress What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
FaithHumilityModerationPrayerSpirituality Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the throat and lungs in prayer. God's ear is ever open to hear the heart-felt petitions of his humble servants, and he does not require them to wear out the organs of speech in addressing him.
ContentmentModerationSimplicityWisdom It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DisciplineModerationSelf-Control It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
AppreciationChangeContrastModeration Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.
ModerationPersonal GrowthSelf-awarenessSelf-Control Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
HonorModerationResistanceTyrannyVirtue Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.
FrugalityLimits Of WealthModeration Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
AmbitionFortuneMeritModerationVirtue Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
BalanceModerationSelf-ControlWisdom Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
BalanceHealthLifestyleModerationPerspective I, personally, think there is a really danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture.
DisciplineModerationSelf-ControlSmoking I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.
CravingsModerationTemptationWillpower Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort.
FollyHappinessHealthModerationPrioritization The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.
ControlDisciplineFreedomModerationSelf-Control Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
DrunkennessModerationTemperance He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
ConsequenceModerationPleasureSuffering The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.
