Moderation Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old moderation quotes, moderation sayings, and moderation proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

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
Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little. Edna Ferber
Moderation and judgment, prudence and description go hand in hand. Abigail Adams
Moderation in all things is conducive to human happiness, tho this is a maxim little heeded by youth whether their pursuits are of a sensual, or a more refined and elevated kind. Abigail Adams
In moderation of enjoyment consists the most perfect felicity of the humane mind and there is a certain point which I term tranquility, beyond which is disgust or pain— and I know from experience that sudden and excessive joy will produce tears sooner than laughter. Abigail Adams
To be hard does not mean to be hard as stone, and to be soft does not mean to be soft as water. Kikuyo Wisdom
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative. Martin Luther King Jr.
Moderation is the balanced will / Sanctuary of changeless rest / Abstinence in the heat of wrath / Endowed in mortals blest. Wallace Dean LaBenne
We all go wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right. Nathaniel Hawthorne
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. W.Somerset Maugham
Is Control controlled by its need to control? Answer: yes. William S. Burroughs
My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation. Lindsay Lohan

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