Quotes about Abstinence
I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burger.
— Oprah Winfrey
If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
It is folly to abstain all day long from food, but fail to abstain from sin and selfishness.
— St. John Chrysostom
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
— St. Jerome
I ate so many Ramen noodles that I wouldn't even touch a package of them now.
— Jeremy Camp
and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
— Numbers 31:35
All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
— Numbers 6:4
You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.
— Deuteronomy 29:6
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
— Proverbs 31:4
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
— St. Augustine
We should be living a life of purity.
— Jeremy Camp
For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
— St. Jerome