Moderation Quotes - Page 19

• Moderation in the defense of liberty is no virtue.

  Ann Coulter

  Liberty, Defense, Virtue

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• I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be first in the world.

  Laozi

  Compassion, Taoism, Three

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• Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Humility, Love Is

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• Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient, supple, and insinuating, only resorting to extreme measures in cases of absolute necessity.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Passion, Enemy, Delight

  "Democracy in America".

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• The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.

  Aristotle

  Courage, Men, Brave

  Aristotle, John Burnet (1967). “Aristotle on Education: Extracts from the Ethics and Politics”, p.63, CUP Archive

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• To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

  Laozi

  Compassion, Brave, Taoism

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• All my favorite establishments were either overly crowded or pathetically empty. People either sipped fine vintages in celebration or gulped intoxicants of who cares what kind, drowning themselves in a lack of moderation, raising a glass to lower inhibitions, imbibing spirits to raise their own.

  Monique Truong

  Glasses, Vintage, People

  Monique Truong (2004). “The Book of Salt: A Novel”, p.5, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Football is played best full of adrenaline and anger. Moderation seldom finds a place. Almost every act of baseball is a blending of effort and control; too much of either is fatal.

  Thomas Boswell

  Baseball, Football, Effort

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• Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

  Democritus

  Pleasure, Increase

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 163), 1948.

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• Consider that nothing in human life is stable; for then you will not exult overmuch in prosperity, nor grieve overmuch in adversity. Rejoice over the good things which come to you, but grieve in moderation over the evils which befall you.

  Isocrates

  Adversity, Grieving, Evil

  Isocrates (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Isocrates (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics

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• When it comes to satisfying our spiritual appetites, there is no such thing as excess. There are no restraints placed on us by God. There are no rules of temperance or laws requiring moderation or boundaries beyond which we cannot go in seeking to enjoy Him. We need never pause to inquire whether we've crossed a line or become overindulgent. You need never fear feeling too good about God.

  Sam Storms

  Spiritual, Law, Feelings

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• A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty

  Seneca the Younger

  Freedom, Liberty, Appetite

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• But God never seems capable of moderation

  N.D. Wilson

  Seems, Capable

  N. D. Wilson (2013). “Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World”, p.12, Thomas Nelson

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• Supposing the Mother Earth was very hot like the sun, there would have been no growth, or it was cold like moon, there would have been no growth. It had to come to the centre where it had both the things in proper proportions to grow. In the same way a human being has to work out that you keep a moderation and a balance and understand not to go to extremes of anything. That balance you learn when you love someone.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Mother, Wisdom

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• I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, 'I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.'

  Tallulah Bankhead

  Champion, Identity, Excess

  Tallulah Bankhead (1952). “Tallulah: My Autobiography”, p.94, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The Great Being saith: Human utterance is an essence which aspireth to exert its influence and needeth moderation. As to its influence, this is conditional upon refinement which in turn is dependent upon hearts which are detached and pure. As to its moderation, this hath to be combined with tact and wisdom as prescribed in the Holy Scriptures and Tablets.

  Bahá'u'lláh

  Heart, Essence, Utterance

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• I love collections of things, but always in moderation.

  Sandy Gallin

  Collections

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• Moderation in all things is best, but it's pretty hard to get excited about it.

  Mason Cooley

  Excited, All Things, Hard

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• You must confine yourself within the modest limits of order.

  William Shakespeare

  Order, Limits, Modest

  William Shakespeare, Keir Elam (2008). “Twelfth Night: Third Series”, p.171, A&C Black

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• When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation.

  Laozi

  People, Heaven, Taoism

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• By moderation one can be generous.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Generous

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• Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

  Alexander Hamilton

  War, Ambition, May

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2009). “The Federalist”, p.208, Harvard University Press

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• See Social-life and Glee sit down,
  All joyous and unthinking,
  Till, quite transmugrified, they're grown
  Debauchery and Drinking

  Robert Burns

  Change, Drinking, Glee

  Robert Burns (1854). “Life and Works”, p.225

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• When you are filled with soul energy you become magnetic." 11 Teachings to help on the journey to Soul Realization: (1) Practive humility; (2) Give up pride and self-delusion; (3) Practice loving kindness; (4) Give up anger, hatred and vindictiveness; (5) Practice generosity; (6) Avoid greed and stealing in its different aspects; (7) Practice honesty; (8) Avoid maliciousness and exploiting lies; (9)Practice moderation; (10) Avoid excessiveness; (11) Do not allow yourself to be enslaved by your lower nature

  Choa Kok Sui

  Kindness, Giving Up, Honesty

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• We think of cannabis as a drug, in accordance with international opinions. This means that even consuming small amounts can lead to very severe dependence. With alcohol or cigarettes however, sensibly limited consumption does not bear the risk of immediate addictiveness as this is the case with cannabis according to our opinion. With alcohol there surely is an element of a tradition. However, enjoyed in moderation, as supplement to a meal for example, alcohol is not something that causes immediate dependence. Still, there is a great need for prevention and information in this matter.

  Angela Merkel

  Mean, Marijuana, Thinking

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