I never smoke to excess – that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.

It’s easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

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

My kids are normal. If they could eat burgers and fries and ice cream every day, they would. And so would I. But that doesn’t sustain us.

Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

I’m not looking to freak people out – eating rodents or bugs. I don’t do that anymore.

Once someone has spent enough time cultivating bad habits and biding their time, they are much diminished. Much of what they could have been has dissipated.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

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

I don’t feel very comfortable defending my fashion except to say that people don’t have to buy it. You do have to consume. You have to live. If you’ve got the money to be able to afford it, then it’s really good to buy something from me, but don’t buy too much.

I am invariably late for appointments – sometimes as much as two hours. I’ve tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.

I don’t ever make moves under pressure.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror – not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.

A lot of stuff I do out of pure obsessiveness.

My experience with power, you can maintain it, or you get it taken from you. You get you some newfound power and go crazy, and it get taken from you quick.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

Only you can control your future.

I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day, without getting some exercise you’d quickly get out of shape and gain weight, I figured.

Fame is like caviar, you know – it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.

He who angers you conquers you.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don’t want people to think that ‚Let’s Move‘ is about complete, utter deprivation. It’s about moderation and real-life changes and ideas that really work for families.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke.

I don’t think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It’s to do with how much anger is in you.

Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don’t know that I’m doing it, usually.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.

I’m not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can’t afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game.

I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It’s one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

People are so caught in a routine, doing the same things over and over.