Quotes about Moderation
We never regret having eaten too little.
— Thomas Jefferson
Never will I overindulge the requests of my flesh, rather I will cherish my body with cleanliness and moderation.
— Og Mandino
Balance lives in the present.
— Oprah Winfrey
Don't use cannon to kill musquito.
— Confucius
Do everything in moderation, even moderation.
— Confucius
Very few go astray who comport themselves with restraint.
— Confucius
Enough to live, enough to merely be.
— Walt Whitman
Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.
— Samuel Johnson
Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.
— Henry Ward Beecher
the truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work.
— Georgia Harkness
There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs.
— Henry Ward Beecher
A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age.
— Cicero