Moderate Quotes

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures. (Theodore Roosevelt)
Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a more moderate estimate of the importance of the dependence of one living being upon another. View quote
Richard Owen
Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others. View quote
Alexander Hamilton
There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory. View quote
Mario Cuomo
I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances. View quote
Lee Ann Womack
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty. View quote
Margot Asquith
I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters. View quote
Colin Powell
As it is far better to excel in any single art, than to arrive only at a mediocrity in several; so on the other hand, a moderate skill in several is to be preferred, where one cannot attain to excellency in any. View quote
Pliny the Younger
What do you suppose makes all men look back to the time of childhood with so much regret (if their childhood has been, in any moderate degree, healthy or peaceful)? That rich charm, which the least possession had for us, was in consequence of the poorness of our treasures. View quote
John Ruskin
All Taliban are moderate. There are two things: extremism ["ifraat", or doing something to excess] and conservatism ["tafreet", or doing something insufficiently]. So in that sense, we are all moderates - taking the middle path. View quote
Mohammed Omar
You must have no dependence on your own genius. If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. (Joshua Reynolds)
Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it. View quote
Livy
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. View quote
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then Australia is basically done for. We will end up being a third rate economy...a banana republic. View quote
Paul Keating
The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
Only if you give the Palestinians something to lose is there a hope that they will agree to moderate their demands.... I believe that as soon as Ahmed has a seat in the bus, he will limit his demands. View quote
Thomas Friedman
Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity. View quote
Periander
Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist. View quote
Thomas Mann
Aristodemus, a friend of Antigonus, supposed to be a cook's son, advised him to moderate his gifts and expenses. "Thy words," said he, "Aristodemus, smell of the apron." View quote
Plutarch
All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate. View quote
Michel de Montaigne
And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best. (Thucydides)
I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism - a human being is exercising extremism - in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and when one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner. View quote
Malcolm X
I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican-that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive. View quote
Mitt Romney
Once we become conscious of a feeling and attempt to make a corresponding form, we are engaged in an activity which, far from being sincere, is prepared (as any artist if he is sincere will tell you) to moderate feelings to fit the form. The artist's feeling for form is stronger than a formless feeling. View quote
Herbert Read
The most significant halachic authority of the last 100 years, whose positions helped fashion a balanced and moderate Judaism. View quote
Ovadia Yosef