Temper Quotes · Page 16

Given two tempers and the time, the ordinary marriage produces anarchy.

— Ellen Glasgow

Knowest thou not the beauty of thine own face? Quit this temper that leads thee to war with thyself.

— Rumi

“People can’t unshackle all of their true strength without taming their temper.”

— Shambala Sect Picazo Basha

When a man's temper gets the best of him, it reveals the worst of him.

— Vikrant Parsai

The old middle-class prerogative of being permanently in a most filthy temper.

— John Mortimer

“However amiable her temper, her heart was not likely to be easily touched.”

— Jane Austen

I got a temper. But part of my role is to steady the ship. That's just to try to control your emotions.

— Shaun Livingston

The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree.

— William Shakespeare

If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: I'm a genuine philanthropist--all other kinds are sham. Each…

— W. S. Gilbert

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth…

— Franz Schubert

The sour quality is set opposite to the bitter and the sweet, and is a good temper to all, a refreshing and…

— Jakob Bohme

Yet if he upbraided her in his hurry, it was to repent bitterly his temper the next, and to feel its effects…

— Anonymous

Losing your patience and your temper isn't the most attractive thing, but as kids get older, you wind up raising your voice.

— Peter Krause

There's definitely an intense anger that I have inside, and I don't know where it came from. I've had it all my…

— Josh Holloway

In families well ordered, there is always one firm, sweet temper, which controls without seeming to dictate. The Greeks represented Persuasion as…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Dragos had a short temper at the best of times. Now he was liable to bite somebody’s head off if they looked…

— Thea Harrison

A bunch of people are gonna be mad at me, I’ve got some kind of medical issue that’s going to kill me…

— Jim Butcher

One of the things I find fascinating about God's creation is the way he seems to temper the negative environmental elements with…

— Marilyn Meberg

Let somebody insult you and see that that you do not answer back. Just see it, not to get into temper. Try…

— Nirmala Srivastava

Each person is made of five different elements, she told me. Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was…

— Amy Tan

Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some…

— Francis Bacon

My parents took me to the Bronte parsonage in England when I was a teenager. I had a fight with my mum,…

— Eleanor Catton

The acquisition of True Temper broadens our lawn and garden product line with outstanding, highly respected brands, ... The purchase also expands…

— David A. Clarke, Jr

I wrote half the record in 2002, which basically concluded with us releasing "Baby's Got A Temper," the last single. I think…

— Liam Howlett

I always keep my temper with my enemies, and that inclines me to lose it with my friends.

— Willa Gibbs

“My day had already had a good dose of bitterness, and I preferred to keep it from getting any sadder.”

— María Dueñas

I wanted my anger to be valid, and the only way to do that is to be fairly attractive.

— Courtney Love

Once the rains abated, my father's garden thrived in the heat like an unleashed temper.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I would say, as loving as I am... I am definitely an extremely temperamental man who has a very large temper.

— Omari Hardwick

Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.

— Christabel Pankhurst

I'm a bit different now, I try to keep control of my temper but I sometimes still get a rush of blood.

— Paolo di Canio

A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.

— David Gemmell

My mother's psychologist says I have an overactive anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off.

— Meg Cabot

I must have physical exercise, or my temper'll certainly be ruined.

— Leo Tolstoy

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

— Anonymous

I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper.

— Henry Rollins

We often see a temper of the times connection, and it's just like a fairy tale. It's not true.

— Cass Sunstein

In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.

— Rudyard Kipling

Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.

— Isaac Watts

“His temper, always so close to the surface these days, was rising again.”

— J.K. Rowling