Zitat des Tages über Mäßigung / Moderation:
You know, as long as you do everything in moderation, you don't go overboard, you don't, you know, turn your lips into guppy lips - I mean, a little zip or a little zap, that is not a big deal.
When it comes to cooking and eating, I always try to preach that life is about moderation. Even if I'm having beef for dinner, it's probably going to be a 3-4 ounce portion with heaps and heaps of vegetables.
Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
There are days when I literally have to eat 17 plates of food - it's intense. It's about moderation. You just need a few bites to get the gist of a dish.
Cut a balance: eat well and then have your sugar fix. Everything in moderation.
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
I'm reading a lot of different books, but I always think I have to switch it up a little bit. It's like food - everything in moderation, same with my books, same with my reading. You read books that are good for you and you learn a lot of stuff, then you read 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' which is like candy.
I drink a lot of water and I try to watch what I eat. The thing about me is I like healthy stuff, I like fruits and veggies, so it's all about moderation.
So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance.
Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.
The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.
Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at.
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.
Moderation is never something I've been good at.
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
I hope that one of my legacies, and I worked to pass it on, is moderation in politics.
My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation.
A simple rule of thumb is to shop the periphery of the grocery store - that's where you'll find meat, fish, dairy, and vegetables. Choose high-quality protein such as healthy, grass-fed beef and lamb and organic chicken and pork, and eat them in moderation.
This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
Everything in moderation. I keep a healthy body, a healthy look. It's important not to be obsessive about anything - fitness, training, eating - because then you end up focusing on only that. And you can't obsess about anything when you're on the road.
The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.
There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable.
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you're satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.
Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.