Quotes about abstinence

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

— St. Augustine

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

— Natalie Clifford Barney

With renunciation life begins.

— Amelia E. Barr

Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

— Ambrose Bierce

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

— Dorothy Day

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

— Charles Dickens

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

— George Eliot

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

— Epictetus

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

— W. C. Fields

Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

— Horace Greeley

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

— William Penn

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

— Sir William Temple

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.

— Oscar Wilde