Quotes about Moderation
It is folly to abstain all day long from food, but fail to abstain from sin and selfishness.
- St. John Chrysostom
Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me; and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me.
- St. Augustine
The greatest wealth is contentment with a little.
- Anonymous
Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
- Martin Luther
The Negro's great stumbling block in the drive toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.
- Marilyn Monroe
When we try to make things go faster, we usually slow things down.
- Mark Batterson
Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.
- Mark Twain
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
- Oscar Wilde
Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
- Martin Luther
The Negro's great stumbling block is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice,… who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
balance invitation and challenge appropriately
- Mike Breen