Sayings about Moderation
Everything in moderation, including moderation. ~ Buddhist Wisdom
No gain satisfies a greedy mind. ~ Latin Proverbs
Don’t be too sweet, or else you will be eaten up; but don’t be too bitter, or else you will be spitted out. ~ Jewish Proverbs
Have a good time if you want — but don’t overdo it. ~ Russian Proverbs
Happiness is a place between too little and too much. ~ Finnish proverbs
Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~ Hindu Proverb
Moderation in all things. ~ Italian Proverbs
Moderate profits fill the purse. ~ Italian Proverb
Enough is as good as a feast. ~ English Proverbs
Make the amount of sauce you use correspond to the amount of rice you have. ~ Vietnamese Proverbs
Quotations about Moderation
Balance is a dynamic, never dull process. ~ Kristina Turner
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. ~ Horace
The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about. ~ Don Marquis
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
Going beyond the limits of moderation is an outrage to humanity. ~ Blaise Pascal
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance. ~ Epicurus
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl-chain of all virtues. ~ Thomas Fuller
Everything in moderation — including moderation. ~ Harvey Steiman
He who drinks a glass a day shall live to die another way. ~ Stanlicus
Even moderation ought not to be practiced to excess. ~ Author Unknown
Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything. ~ Johann Kaspar Lavater
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. ~ Blaise Pascal
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. ~ Marcus T. Cicero
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ~ Thomas Paine
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes. ~ Klemens Von Metternich
I soon found out you can’t change the world. The best you can do is to learn to live with it. ~ Henry Miller
The point of good writing is knowing when to stop. ~ Lucy Maud Montgomery
Avarice is as destitute of what it has as poverty is of what it has not. ~ Publilius Syrus
Moderation is the last refuge for the unimaginative. ~ Oscar Wilde
No matter what happens… somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. ~ Dave Barry
Since everything is in our heads, we better not lose them. ~ Coco Chanel
The use we make of our fortune determines as to its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely, and too much is not enough if expended foolishly.~ John Christian Bovee
You will go most safely in the middle. ~ Ovid
Doing wrong to others is often less dangerous than doing them too much good. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor. ~ Hesiod
Let not turn fun to mischief. ~ Author Unknown
From a worldly point of view there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. ~ Samuel Butler
We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. ~ Frances E. Willard
Keep a mid course between two extremes. ~ Ovid
The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab
That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this — that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
A little of what you fancy does you good. ~ Marie Lloyd
All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. ~ George Harrison
There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation. ~ John Ciardi
Bliss is a constant state of mind, undisturbed by gain or loss. ~ Author Unknown
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. ~ Confucius, Analects
He who makes a paradise of his bread makes a hell of his hunger. ~ Antonio Porchia
They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing. ~ William Shakespeare
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.~ Oscar Wilde
There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth. ~ Vera Johnson
We find our energies are actually cramped when we are overanxious to succeed. ~ Michel de Montaigne
It is better to rise from life as from a banquet – neither thirsty nor drunken. ~ Aristotle
Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm. ~ Jean Paul Richter
Out of moderation a pure happiness springs. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. ~ Henry Kissinger
Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach. ~ Anne Bradstreet
It is possible to own too much. A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. ~ Lee Segall
Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
It speaks volumes for a person that when placed in quite different situations, they display the same spirit of moderation. ~ Author Unknown
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment. ~ Hosea Ballou
