Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man’s life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.

I don’t ever make moves under pressure.

A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.

The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.

I’ve never fought with anyone. A lot of people talk to me, and they’re like, ‚Oh, you would have been fighting all the time when you were younger,‘ but I’m like, ‚I never fought with anyone because I always knew that if I hurt myself, I might lose important time in my cricket career,‘ so I never got into any fight, ever in my life.

I don’t really get nervous that much, or if I do, only I know. It’s all inside me. I am good at hiding everything.

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.

The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over?

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

He who angers you conquers you.

With all the… success that I’ve been lucky enough to get? That doesn’t happen unless the home life is solid.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

It’s pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

Sometimes I’m a bit under-aggressive and sometimes a bit over. But I think it’s good to have both.

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

An overflow of good converts to bad.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

Don’t get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.

As far as I’m concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

Modesty is the color of virtue.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it… I can resist everything but temptation.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

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

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.

You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes, basically. I go back and forth. Once every six months, I’ll have a day where I eat more chocolate than has ever been consumed by a human being.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

It’s not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It’s about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.