Quotes about Temperance

The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.

Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure.

Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense," she remembers. "Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it" (Colossians 3:13—14, The Message).

There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony.

Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.

The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be

Both excess and defect are alike prejudicial to moral virtue.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

I wish I had more patience.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

Anger cannot be dishonest.