Moderation Quotes

I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don't want people to think that 'Let's Move' is about complete, utter deprivation. It's about moderation and real-life changes and ideas that really work for families.

The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'

Everything in moderation.

The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

Why do other first world countries give children so many fewer vaccines than we do? Vaccines save lives, but might be harming some children. Is moderation such a terrible idea?

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

There is moderation even in excess.

Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of stable growth, sustainable growth, and basically with inflation in check.

For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

I can't do anything in moderation.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. Gray is not a color I wear well. I should be dead. I know that. I should not be successful. I know that too. My daily existence is a toss of the coin - one side, fear, the other side, gratitude.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.