William Law Quotes

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

My theory is that balance is key - nothing 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.

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.

I don't believe in overdoing myself.

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

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

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

If I go out one night, I must stay in the next. It's the same with my golf. If I play one day, I don't play the next. I try to pace myself.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Moderation is never something I've been good at.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Everything in moderation - that's what I live by.

I do everything in moderation.

I have such a temperament that I cannot do anything in excess.

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

Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire. At the end of the day, it is still a battle between good vs. crap.

Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.

Everything depends on knowing how much,” she said, and “Good is knowing when to stop.

Of course, I don't act in an extreme fashion in my day to day life. I don't think any of us live do. I think we all have that reserve somewhere and we pull upon it when we need it.

I believe that everything in moderation is best.