Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Moderation Quotes
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.
AppreciationChangeContrastModeration Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.
ModerationTruth Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.
BalanceModerationPleasureSelf-Control If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
DisciplineModerationSelf-ControlSmoking I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.
CultureForceFreedomModerationSociety America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
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.
CravingsModerationTemptationWillpower Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort.
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.
BalanceHealthLifestyleModerationPerspective I, personally, think there is a really danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture.
FrugalityLimits Of WealthModeration Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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.
ContentmentModerationSimplicityWisdom It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
ModerationPersonal GrowthSelf-awarenessSelf-Control Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
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.
DisciplineModerationSelf-Control It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
DrunkennessModerationTemperance He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
ControlDisciplineFreedomModerationSelf-Control Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
IdentityIndependenceModerationPartisanshipPolitics I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.
BalanceCautionFinancial WisdomModerationWealth Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
