John Selden Quotes

Moderation in all things..

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

You definitely need self-belief and confidence, but there is a very fine line between that and arrogance. I would like to think I sit on the other side of that.

'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us.

For both excessive and insufficient exercise destroy one's strength, and both eating and drinking too much or too little destroy health, whereas the right quantity produces, increases and preserves it. So it is the same with temperance, courage and the other virtues. This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.

All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.

Intemperance is the plaque of sensuality, and temperance is not its bane but its seasoning.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Be moderate in everything, including moderation.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

There is moderation even in excess.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.'