Quotes about Moderation

POINT TO PONDER: Blessed are the balanced.

Let your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take a strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

Confucius said the doctrine of the mean was the highest virtue, and rare among men. The Buddhists call it the middle way. Aristotle saw moderation as the essence of virtue. I say moderation in all things, even moderation.

When it comes to yourself, follow God's formula- deny yourself of overindulgence (Proverbs 23:2 and 30:8), examine yourself for any sinful habits (1 Corinthians 11:28), exercise yourself to godliness (1 Timothy 4:7), and IK- develop self-control (Galatians 5:23).

We mustn't say more than we should, but we mustn't say less than we must.

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

I am pretty controlled I have to say.

And there is a proud kind of moderation likewise, when men will take upon them to censure both parties, as if they were wiser than both

What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.