Michelle Moran Quotes

Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.

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

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

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.

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

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.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

There is moderation even in excess.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

It's a wise thing to hold back.

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

You can be very wild and still be very wise.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

I need to rein myself in sometimes.

Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.

You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

Everyone talks about moderation. How about some moderation in moderation?

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