It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
~By Roberto Benigni ~
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
~By Charles Caleb Colton ~
Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
~By Joseph Joubert ~
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
~By Marcus Tullius Cicero ~
In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.
~By Robert Herrick ~
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
~By Henry A. Kissinger ~
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
~By Epictetus ~
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
~By Barry Goldwater ~
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.
~By Moliere ~
Moderation in all things.
~By Terence ~
IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.
~By Joseph Lancaster ~
Moderation is the secret of survival.
~By Manly Hall ~
We are in a period when old questions are settled and the new are not yet brought forward. Extreme party action, if continued in such a time, would ruin the party. Moderation is its only chance. The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power.
~By Rutherford B. Hayes ~
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.
~By Jean Paul ~
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
~By Plato ~
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
~By Thomas Paine ~
We're about moderation.
~By Jenny Craig ~
America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
~By Lord Byron ~
There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable.
~By J. William Fulbright ~
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
~By Lucius Annaeus Seneca ~
In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.
~By Compay Segundo ~
My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation.
~By Lindsay Lohan ~
Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.
~By Anne Sexton ~
The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.
~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
~By Saint Augustine ~
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.
~By Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ~
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
~By John Arbuthnot Fisher ~
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
~By Charles de Montesquieu ~
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
~By Donald Trump ~
Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.
~By Jimmy Buffett ~
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.
~By Mark Twain ~
I'll be 65 in September and I work as much as I want to, take cruises with Kay, relax with my family, do everything in moderation, because I want to enjoy my life.
~By Frankie Avalon ~
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
~By Alexander Hamilton ~
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
~By W. Somerset Maugham ~
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
~By Oscar Wilde ~
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
~By Mark Twain ~
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.
~By Frances E. Willard ~
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
~By Aristotle ~
Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
~By Benjamin Disraeli ~
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
~By Benjamin Disraeli ~
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
~By Thomas Paine ~
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
~By Democritus ~
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
~By Tacitus ~
You know, as long as you do everything in moderation, you don't go overboard, you don't, you know, turn your lips into guppy lips - I mean, a little zip or a little zap, that is not a big deal.
~By Suzanne Somers ~
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
~By Joseph Hall ~
There is moderation even in excess.
~By Benjamin Disraeli ~
Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.
~By Cat Stevens ~
Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation.
~By Artie Lange ~
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
~By Benjamin Disraeli ~
There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
~By John Ciardi ~
So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance.
~By Kenneth H. Cooper ~
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.
~By Barry Goldwater ~
This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.
~By Robert Mondavi ~
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
~By Francois Fenelon ~
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
~By Jack Kerouac ~
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
~By Saint Augustine ~
I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.
~By Robert Mondavi ~
Be moderate in everything, including moderation.
~By Horace Porter ~
Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.
~By Edmund Burke ~
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
~By Marcus Tullius Cicero ~
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.
~By John W. Snow ~
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