Temper Quotes · Page 17

“I was a little cross.I ask pardon. If I do get up a little temper I have no sufficient time to keep…

— Abraham Lincoln

“A devilish temper she had, but she was a dem fine woman, sir, a dem fine woman.”

— C.S. Lewis

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

— Nishan Panwar

Golf has taught me a lot about patience and keeping my temper.

— Scott Moir

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

— Joseph Addison

I have an issue with rage. I'm going to work that out, long term.

— Nate Corddry

“Now I know how deep my anger can cut…and I wish to hell I didn’t.”

— Debbie Macomber

Knowing that anger makes me ugly, I smile instead. I return to myself and meditate on love.

— Nhat Hanh

Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our…

— John Locke

By music minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low. . . . . Warriors she fires…

— Alexander Pope

Newspapers are being read all around. The point is not, of course, to glean new information, but rather to coax the mind…

— Alain de Botton

I have my own grown-up versions of temper tantrums, too. I have a hard time not getting hurt when my kids have…

— Busy Philipps

Peace is the proper result of the Christian temper. It is the great kindness which our religion doth us, that it brings…

— Simon Patrick

I am at the moment deaf in the ears, hoarse in the throat, red in the nose, green in the gills, damp…

— Charles Dickens

A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups…

— Louisa May Alcott

My dad and uncle were so protective so whenever someone would say or do something to harm us they were right there.…

— Moeen Ali

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

Oh! why was I born with a different face? why was I not born like the rest of my race? when I…

— William Blake

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

My temper is not spoilt. I am absolutely non-homicidal. Nor do I ever attack unless I have been attacked first, and then…

— Edith Sitwell

But times and tempers are changed. Rebels are everywhere to be found who no longer wish to obey the law without knowing…

— Peter Kropotkin

Inclined to peace by his temper and situation, it was easy for [Augustus] to discover that Rome, in her present exalted situation,…

— Edward Gibbon

“What were you mad about?” “It’s not important. The only thing I’m worried about is you.” I leaned back to look up…

— Jamie McGuire

[Parental] authority must be tempered...with loving kindness and patient encouragement. To temper authority with kindness is to triumph in the struggle which…

— Pope Pius XII

A patient, humble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish and overlooked by the aspiring.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

When you lose your temper, you lose yourself—on the mat as well as in life.

— Joe Hyams

Most Important Time To Hold Our Temper is When the Other Person Has Lost It.

— Pacifiersucker

Have you noticed when you go on a diet, the first thing you lose is your temper.

— Robert Orben

But a law, however venerable be the sanction, cannot suddenly transform the temper of the times . . .

— Edward Gibbon

A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer.

— Joseph Addison

I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't…

— Andrew Flintoff

I don't have a short temper I just have a low tolerance for stupidity, immaturity & ignorance.

— Anonymous

The truly educated can listen to any view without losing their temper or self-confidence.

— Robert Frost

For me it is really important to have a story with blood in the veins, there are bad tempers and good tempers.

— Patrick Ness

Sophistication demands honesty; it does not require ill temper.

— Irwin Edman

I don't think about the end game. I've got lots to occupy my mind. It's the rage that keeps me going.

— Terry Pratchett

I do a lot of things wrong. I lose my temper, and I hate waiting in line, but do I take drugs?…

— Debbie Reynolds

The Mum has the temper of a demon with a diaper rash. (Shamus)

— Devon Monk

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

— Cal Ripken, Jr