Moderation Quotes - Page 16

• 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.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Community, Priorities, Atheism

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• That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles; and by the recognition by all citizens that they have duties as well as rights, and that such rights cannot be enjoyed save in a society where law is respected and due process is observed.

  George Mason

  Blessing, Rights, Government

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• If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities are chosen to fill the seats of government, we may expect that our affairs will rest on a solid and permanent foundation.

  Samuel Adams

  Perseverance, Men, Voting

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• Commitment is never an act of moderation!

  Kenneth G. Mills

  Commitment

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• Extremism means borders beyond which life ends, and a passion for extremism, in art and in politics, is a veiled longing for death.

  Milan Kundera

  Art, Passion, Mean

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• Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Food, Evil, Persons

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.77, 谷月社

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• Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.

  Euripides

  Heaven

  "Medea". Play by Euripides, 431 BCE.

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• Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to anger, but be free from bitterness and contentiousness, having tranquility and stability in the spirit.

  Aristotle

  Revenge, Attachment, Bitterness

  Aristotle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)”, p.2944, Delphi Classics

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• Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

  Oscar Wilde

  Meals, Enough

  Oscar Wilde, Moira Muldoon (2005). “The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings”, p.192, Simon and Schuster

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• I can't do anything in moderation.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  I Can

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• No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!

  Evel Knievel

  Kings, President, Better Life

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• There is a mistaken idea, ancient but still with us, that an overdose of anything from fornication to hot chocolate will teach restraint by the very results of its abuse.

  M. F. K. Fisher

  Ideas, Chocolate, Abuse

  M.F.K. Fisher (2012). “Love in a Dish . . . and Other Culinary Delights by M.F.K. Fisher”, p.39, Counterpoint Press

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• For me, temperance is essential to good work.

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

  Essentials, Good Work, Temperance

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• Sackcloth and kelp soup are not required, but the Buddhist reminder of the need to live lightly on the earth is a helpful guide to the daily habits and needs of us all.

  Tom Brokaw

  Buddhist, Needs, Earth

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• The saints differ from us in their exuberance, the excess of our human talents. Moderation is not their secret. It is in the wildness of their dreams, the desperate vitality of their ambitions, that they stand apart from ordinary people of good will.

  Phyllis McGinley

  Dream, Ambition, People

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• I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

  Rachael Ray

  Thinking, Apples, Cider

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• My whole mentality is that I eat what I want within moderation, and I have a little bit of everything. If you deprive yourself, you get moody and unhappy, and you have to enjoy life.

  Nina Dobrev

  Enjoy Life, Unhappy, Want

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• I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.

  Kate Walsh

  Giving, Kind, Treats

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards.

  Seal

  Coward, Survivor, Navy Seal

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• For optimal health, we need body and spirit, exercise (ming) and meditation, awareness of the inner world and the outer. In other words, health requires balance and moderation. The goal of qigong may be summarized as xing ming shuang xiu,spirit and body equally refined and cultivated. Cultivate your whole being, as you would cultivate a garden with attention, care, and even love.

  Ken Cohen

  Exercise, Garden, Qigong

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• Certainly the caffeine in coffee, whether it's Starbucks or generic coffee, is somewhat of a stimulant. But if you drink it in moderation, which I think four or five cups a day is, you're fine.

  Howard Schultz

  Coffee, Thinking, Four

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• I don't do very well with extremes of any kind - extreme diets, extreme fitness - so moderation makes a lot of sense, and Hershey's has really great portion-friendly desserts to help people incorporate treats into their lifestyles so they don't feel like they're depriving themselves and are still living a balanced life.

  Kimberly Williams-Paisley

  People, Friendly, Helping

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Inspirational, Stress, Men

  Of Human Bondage ch. 39 (1915)

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• I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, America, Peaceful

  www.nbcnews.com. January 16, 2007.

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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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