Top 105 Moderation Quotes

Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious – but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women made up nearly half my class at university, and my senior academic adviser there was a woman. In Alexandria, my friends were Christians and Muslims.

Everything in moderation, like calories.

I have a number of vices, one of which is moderation.

We lost our way and allowed greed and excess to become the twin pillars of too much of the financial culture. We became a society utterly absorbed in consumption and dismissive of moderation.

Everything in moderation – that’s what I live by.

I do follow a version of the Dukan diet, but I don’t follow it to the extreme so a lot of fish and vegetables. If I want chocolate I’ll let myself have a bit of chocolate in moderation.

When it comes to cooking and eating, I always try to preach that life is about moderation. Even if I’m having beef for dinner, it’s probably going to be a 3-4 ounce portion with heaps and heaps of vegetables.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Exercise and eat healthy foods in moderation. I am a vegetarian but that is a personal choice.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn’t exactly been one of moderation.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn’t really strict with myself, I’d weigh 300 pounds. I’m not good with moderation.

Hosts need to moderate in moderation.

I work out and go to the gym, but I still enjoy my soul food and snacks. But I’m a pretty petite young woman, and I just do everything in moderation and make sure that I just keep everything together.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

I believe in everything in moderation but I try to be careful about what I eat.

I say ‘no’ to nothing, ‘yes’ to moderation. That’s how I approach everything. No matter if it’s candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you’re satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.

I drink a lot of water and I try to watch what I eat. The thing about me is I like healthy stuff, I like fruits and veggies, so it’s all about moderation.

We’re about moderation.

I am not a gym person, and I keep myself fit by just being active and eating my meals in moderation. I can’t stand going to the gym and running aimlessly on a treadmill; it’s boring and monotonous.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

I always say eat everything, but eat it in moderation. I don’t like to inhibit anyone.

I eat mostly organic, but I love macaroni and cheese, Mexican food, and egg-and-cheese croissants. So when I indulge, I eat protein and veggies for the rest of the day. It really is all about moderation and balance.

Moderation is actually the flip side of dieting, that is, imposed deprivation.

I’ve learned from my French husband and the way they eat, it’s all about moderation. And that’s really sustainable.

Meat eaters don’t like me because I call for moderation, and vegetarians don’t like me because I say there’s nothing wrong with eating meat. It’s part of our evolutionary heritage! Meat has helped to make us what we are. Meat helps to make our big brains.

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

Massages are my favorite. Sometimes just getting myself outside for a walk if I’m really busy can be an indulgence. I love taking naps. I love to stay up too late with close friends. I believe in everything in moderation. I take what I like and leave what I don’t.

Moderation is never something I’ve been good at.

An overall trend of political moderation in Latin America makes for far less interesting headlines, but it also makes for far better lives for our people.

You might go to a cheap bakery that uses really bad fats and sugars and stuff like that. You go to a nice bakery and you can enjoy a nice sweet that’s made well and it doesn’t make you put on any weight if you eat in moderation and if you do a little bit of exercise.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

You have to be cautious of eating continuously the same thing. Beef comes to mind right away, and there’s nothing wrong with beef, but you’ve got to do whatever you’re doing in moderation. So try to break it up a little bit. Eat some fish or some shellfish at least a couple of times a week.

I’m not the athlete I was when I was training for the Olympics in ’92 or when I was working out every single day. I have to live in moderation: I work out three or four days a week, and I smile while I’m working out – I really do enjoy it. I work out with my girlfriends and make it a social competition.

I think chocolate in moderation is not bad for you, but I eat way too much. I tell myself I’m going to eat two squares, and then I end up eating half a big bar.

Grooming should be done in moderation.

I’m not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it’s about moderation and balance.

On my show I share all these yummy, fattening recipes, but I tell people, in moderation, in moderation. You can have that little piece of pie.

I make sure I eat well without depriving myself of the things that I love: a cheeseburger and fries, creamy white-truffle pasta, bowls of ice cream. Everything in moderation, but I indulge at least three times a week.

My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don’t know moderation.

Cap and trade is not an easy one for refiners, so we tried to get some moderation in the bill, and we did, but not near as much I would like.

This might be the wrong answer, but I kind of just eat whatever I want in moderation.

As mainstream religious leaders of different faiths get together, it strengthens the voice of moderation.

We are in a period when old questions are settled and the new are not yet brought forward. Extreme party action, if continued in such a time, would ruin the party. Moderation is its only chance. The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power.

Everything in moderation.

I’ve never believed in dieting, but there are people out there who have problems. My advice would be don’t ever stop yourself to a point where you start craving something, because you end up bingeing. I think the key word is moderation.

I definitely eat in moderation and exercise.

Why do other first world countries give children so many fewer vaccines than we do? Vaccines save lives, but might be harming some children. Is moderation such a terrible idea?

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything. Everything in moderation. I know that’s really hard for people to understand, but I grew up in an Italian family where we didn’t overdo anything. We ate pasta, yes, but not a lot of it.

I’m a big hiker, and I like boxing. I mean, I love a good burger, but I keep things in moderation.

I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there.

Whatever I do, I do it in moderation.

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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.

Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.

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.

There is a fair amount of moderation on the site, not only for legal reasons, but for moral ones as well. We look out for bullying and just overall safety for the kids. It is a well-groomed site.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

Everything in moderation, and there’s a perfect balance in this life if we can find it.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.