Temperance is an effective and necessary quality to face different types of challenges and problems in life. It not only serves to find a good solution, but also to maintain a constructive and as calm attitude as possible.
In this article you will find a selection of the best phrases about temperance which help to understand this concept and apply it to day to day life.
15. Eternal life is a real and guaranteed fact for those who manage to reach an evolved world. (Enrique Barrios)
Eternal life is one where we all have an open mind and are respectful and empathetic.
16. It is a great wealth for man to live sparingly and with a serene spirit, because in this way he will never have want for the little. (Lucretius)
Tranquility leads us to moderation.
17. Here is one of the rules that I consider most useful in life: never excess in anything. (Terentius)
A very important and functional rule.
18. Order and measure, you will have a good time in life.
We all need to have a certain organization in our lives.
19. The ingredients of health and long life are great temperance, open air, easy work and little care. (Philip Sidney)
Do you agree with this recipe?
20. I do not drink or smoke, because my teacher instilled in me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance. (John Burns)
Great lessons that we must maintain.
21. Temperance: do not eat until you are bored, nor drink until you lose consciousness. (Benjamin Franklin)
Any excess causes us to lose ourselves in lack of control.
22. She did everything in a methodical and slow way, as if there was nothing that was not planned for her from birth. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Destiny may exist, but it is subject to change.
23. Patience is the science of maintaining peace. (Popular saying)
What it really takes to be patient.
24. You must always keep your head cold, your heart warm and your hand outstretched. (Confucius)
This helps us have a clear perspective of the world.
25. Maturity in men means that they have rediscovered the seriousness that they had when playing as a child. (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Maturity is a sign of a good childhood.
26. Moderation in joy is the same virtue as moderation in pain. (Seneca)
It is important not to let ourselves be carried away by excesses, but it is also important not to let ourselves be carried away by pain.
27. Moderation is the state of the soul that is master of itself. (Marquis De Vauvenargues)
It is the way we can have control of our actions.
28. Living temperately makes people healthy and rich.
Because it allows you to enjoy life in a healthy way.
29. Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind that binds passion. (Thomas Aquinas)
It is being at peace with who we are and what we want to achieve.
30. Temperance in everything is a requirement for happiness. (Benjamin Haydon)
You can’t be happy if you can’t manage your life well.
31. It’s dawn, which is not little. (Spanish proverb)
there is always a new opportunity.
32. The optimal: moderation. (Cleobulus)
Don’t underestimate the power of organization and calm.
33. No premature knowledge, no sudden procedure, no problematic leap. (Fernando The Catholic)
All on time and with proper preparation.
34. Who is free? Only the one who knows how to control his passions. (Horace)
When we master our feelings, we allow them to be expressed better.
35. The smaller the drink, the clearer the head and the colder the blood. (William Penn)
A piece of advice about moderating your drinking.
36. Mild temperance is best; intemperate temperance harms the cause of temperance. (Mark Twain)
Be responsible for our actions and learn from our mistakes.
37. Once we learn to make our interlocutors feel differently, instead of making them reason, we will be better communicators. (Arthur Rowshan)
It’s okay to have different opinions and respect them.
38. For me, temperance is essential for good work. (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Good work requires good organization.
39. Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man. (William Shakespeare)
Nobody is perfect.
40. Temperance and work are the two true doctors of man; Work sharpens his appetite, and temperance forbids him to abuse it. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The beneficial relationship between temperance and work.
41. Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are that of the body. (Benjamin Whichcote)
A way to keep ourselves clean.
42. It is little sign of a wise or good man, to suffer the transgression of temperance to buy the reputation of a generous entertainer. (Francis Atterbury)
It is very common to allow ourselves to be tempted by easy pleasures, without thinking about their consequences.
43. The hidden message is only available when one is prepared. (Tony Parsons)
You can’t understand something you don’t want to know.
44. Live soberly and you will be as rich as a king. (Anonymous)
You are not only rich with money, but with quality of life.
45. No table is well decorated if temperance is absent from it. (Ramón Llull)
We all need that moderating character.
46. Discipline is necessary in our temperance. (Sunday Adelaja)
Discipline helps us know the extent of our limits.
47. To be a virtue, temperance must be free and not forced. (CA Bartol)
No one can force another person to be someone else.
48. The public imagination is rarely captured by gentle temperance. (Larry J. Sabato)
Sometimes imagination is seen as a threat.
49. All virtue is based on measurement. (Seneca)
There are those who consider moderation to be a punishment.
50. I know why the middle ground is not followed: the intelligent man goes further, the idiot stays here. (Confucius)
It never hurts to explore our options.
51. In the dark you have either fear or the opportunity to turn on the light. (Joan Miquel Viadé Freixes)
It all depends on the confidence we have in ourselves.
52. Temperance is the belt of reason and brake of passion, strength of the soul and foundation of virtue. (Jeremy Taylor)
What temperance implies in us.
53. Temperance is a disposition that restricts our desires for the things that it is basic to desire. (San Agustin)
It teaches us what is really important.
54. Time… excellent doctor of our passions. (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne)
Time helps us with endless things if we let it.
55. Temperance is moderation in the use of good and total abstinence from bad. (Frances Willard)
It is what teaches us what is good for us and what is harmful to us.
56. It takes a strong spirit to maintain moderation when everything is going well for us. (Seneca)
It’s very easy to get carried away when we have money.
57. Rude people almost always err in their thoughts. Simplicity is a force that overcomes all cunning. (Giovanni Papini)
Rude people do not have the ability to reason.
58. The influence of a mother on the lives of her children cannot be measured. (Billy Graham)
Mothers are their children’s first influences.
59. Health consists only in temperance. (Alexander Pope)
When we learn to live in peace, our health improves.
60. When you are irritated, count to ten before speaking; If you are very angry, count to one hundred. (Thomas Jefferson)
You’ll be thankful you don’t talk when you’re angry.
61. Observe moderation: proportionate is best in all things. (Hesiod)
What is proportionate offers us balance.
62. Nothing too much. (Solon)
When we have too many things, they get out of our control.
63. Moderation is similar to temperance. We are not so reluctant to eat more, as we are afraid of harming ourselves. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
It gives us awareness of what we need.
64. Temperance is the wisdom of knowing that not all constructive work requires a hammer. (Wes Fesler)
You don’t need to be ruthless with someone for them to learn a lesson.
65. If temperance prevails, education may prevail; If temperance fails, education must fail. (Horace Mann)
Temperance goes hand in hand with quality education.
66. The just man is not the one who does not commit any injustice, but rather the one who, although he could be unjust, does not want to be so. (Menander)
The one who knows what things are negative and how to fix his mistakes.
67. Modesty has never produced great things. (George Bernard Shaw)
Sometimes it is necessary to take risks to achieve something better.
68. You will go more safely through the middle ground. (Ovid)
It is a place to regain strength
69. In bad weather, a good face. (Spanish proverb)
Bad things never last long.
70. What suits youth best is modesty, modesty, love of temperance and justice. Such are the virtues that should form your character. (Socrates)
It is never too early to learn to moderate ourselves.
71. The art of putting pleasure at the service of joy, that is, the virtue that knows how not to fall from pleasure into displeasure, has been called temperance since ancient times. (Fernando Savater)
When something is abused, it stops giving us pleasure.
72. Joy, temperance and rest, close the door in the doctor’s nose. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Ways we can have a healthy life.
73. Pleasure, peace and happiness live in method and temperance. (Margaret Cavendish)
It is important to control ourselves to enjoy something.
74. If you cannot avoid anger, at least temper it; If you cannot prevent fury, at least restrain it. (Saint Isidore of Seville)
It’s okay not to repress negative emotions, but it’s important not to get carried away by them.
75. Wisdom or intelligence and prudence are intellectual, liberality and temperance are moral virtues (Aristotle)
It all starts with our way of education.
Related article: “Wise people: these are the 6 characteristics that define them”
76. Even in excess there is moderation. (Benjamin Disraeli)
Otherwise it would hurt us a lot.
77. A mystery that is solved with an explanation has never been one. (Károly Kerényi)
A mystery is one that prevails for a long time.
78. They told me and I forgot, I saw it and I learned it, I did it and I understood it. (Confucius)
All knowledge needs to be applied to be conquered.
79. Take care of your habits, because they will become your destiny. (Mahatma Gandhi)
The things we do today will influence our lives tomorrow.
80. It is continuous temperance that sustains the body for a longer period of time and that surely preserves it free from disease. (Wilhelm Von Humboldt)
It is what gives us strength to continue.
81. Chastity is a monastic and evangelical superstition, a greater enemy of natural temperance even than non-intellectual sensuality. (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Temperance should not be restrictive.
82. The virtue of prosperity is temperance; The virtue of adversity is strength. (Francis Bacon)
Temperance helps us avoid being blinded by success.
83. Temperance is the nurse of chastity. (William Wycherley)
Chastity as a symbol of purity.
84. The proper function of religion is to regulate the hearts of men, humanize their behavior, and instill the spirit of temperance, order and obedience. (David Hume)
The objective of religions.
85. Temperance adds enthusiasm to pleasure. (Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles)
A responsible enjoyment.
86. Temperance is love in training. (Dwight L. Moody)
A way to describe temperance.
87. We become aware of things when we stop to look at behaviors and events with greater distance than when we were fully involved in them. (Jean Shinoda Bolen)
The way we really learn from an experience.
88. Let us learn to increase continence, to face excess, to temper gluttony, to mitigate anger. (Seneca)
Learning to manage our emotions will help us face problems.
89. Half of life is luck. The other half must be discipline, because without it we will not know how to manage good luck. (Voltaire)
Luck is not everything.
90. The patient’s lack of temperance makes the doctor cruel. (Seneca)
There are those who do not collaborate with those who want to help them.
I’m Emily Williams Jones, a psychologist specializing in mental health with a focus on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness. With a Ph.D. in psychology, my career has spanned research, clinical practice and private counseling. I’m dedicated to helping individuals overcome anxiety, depression and trauma by offering a personalized, evidence-based approach that combines the latest research with compassionate care.
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