Virginia Satir Quotes

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.

It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.

To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.

When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.

You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.

We're about moderation.

Everything in moderation.

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.

Do not prove things too much.

Observe moderation [or: Keep balanced]. [Halt Mass!]

What youth considers liberation, maturity considers tasteless excess.

Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation.

Moderation in all things..

There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you.