Quotes about Temperance

I don't know if I ever really get mad in real life.

Tis Chastity, my brother, Chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel.

Do not encourage any appetite for stimulants. Eat only plain, simple, wholesome food, and thank God constantly for the principles of health reform. In all things be true and upright, and you will gain precious victories.

The highest evidence of nobility in a Christian is self-control.

It is impossible for those who indulge the appetite to attain to Christian perfection.

All who occupied positions of sacred responsibility were to be men of strict temperance, that their minds might be clear to discriminate between right and wrong, that they might possess firmness of principle, and wisdom to administer justice and to show mercy.

Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion admit reason to govern.

I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.

Grow angry slowly - there's plenty of time.

Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and keep their commitments.

A man cannot serve God and Mammon, nor be "temperate and furious" at the same time.