Moderation Quotes

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. (Barry Goldwater)
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. View quote
W. Somerset Maugham
Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice. View quote
Thomas Paine
Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. View quote
Edmund Burke
Moderation in all things. View quote
Terence
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. View quote
Alexander Hamilton
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. View quote
Oscar Wilde
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. View quote
Joseph Hall
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. View quote
Molière
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation. View quote
Benjamin Disraeli
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. (Augustine of Hippo)
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. View quote
Jack Kerouac
My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health. View quote
Robert E. Lee
Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation. View quote
Teresa of Ávila
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
Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance. View quote
Anne Sexton
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. View quote
Barry Goldwater
Any extreme political creed brought only darkness in the long run; it lit up nothing. The best politics were those of caution, tolerance and moderation, Angus maintained, but such politics were, alas, also very dull, and certainly moved nobody to poetry. View quote
Alexander McCall Smith
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. View quote
Democritus
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. View quote
Benjamin Disraeli
There is moderation even in excess. (Benjamin Disraeli)
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. View quote
Aristotle
In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation. View quote
Compay Segundo
I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually. View quote
Robert Mondavi
When you are frustrated and do not know a way out, only flexibility and moderation towards difficulties will save you. View quote
Husayn ibn Ali