Quotes about Sobriety
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
- Mark Twain
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
- Proverbs 23:21
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
- Proverbs 23:31
They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
- Isaiah 24:9
Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
- Acts 20:31
But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
- Acts 26:25
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- Ephesians 5:18
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
- 1 Timothy 3:3
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- 1 Peter 5:8
The drunken man is a living corpse.
- St. John Chrysostom
Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.
- Edmund Burke
Passion stimulates you, love intoxicates you, marriage sobers you, and parenthood tries you.
- Matshona Dhliwayo