Successful investors must temper the arrogance of taking a stand with a large dose of humility, accepting that despite their efforts and… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
But he always licked to get visitors alone in the billiard room and tell them stories about a mysterious lady, a foreign… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Though sometimes you need to explain yourself with bitter or better words, he who knows how to speak how matured he is… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
When you lose your temper, you lose yourself—on the mat as well as in life. — Joe Hyams Copy Share Image
The higher the stakes, the greater the temptation to lose your temper. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
In vain he seeketh others to suppress, Who hath not learn'd himself first to subdue. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The romantic temper, so often and so grievously misinterpreted and not more by others than by its own, is an insecure, unsatisfied,… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
“Self-control is a divided battle in one body. The "self" produces desires that "you" must battle with and kick off. Two wrestlers… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I have never lost my temper. I let out my venom in my writing if I have to, but person-to-person, I have… — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
It is also important to guard against mistaking for good-nature what is properly good-humor,--a cheerful flow of spirits and easy temper not… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
If we contrast the rapid progress of this mischievous discovery [gunpowder] with the slow and laborious advances of reason, science, and the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The death of God represents not only the realization that gods have never existed, but the contention that such a belief is… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
While in the clinic, I discovered I had problems with concentration, motivation, attitude, and temper. I have found a new way of… — Albert Belle Copy Share Image
The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some… — Elizabeth Kenny Copy Share Image
Of all the difficulties in a state, the temper of a true government most felicifies and perpetuates it; too sudden alterations distemper… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
A wise judge may let mercy temper justice but may not let mercy undo it. — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
There's a mercurial nature, but more of a mysterious nature to women that I think is what makes them so attractive. And… — Andrew Stanton Copy Share Image
