Lord Beaverbrook was fundamentally a lonely man, with a low sense of his own self-worth, who was incapable of forming a stable,… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
You have to temper the iron. Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow. To grow is… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
“I've seen what you're going to understand, dear. It made me patient when confronting your temper.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
He doesn’t beat me,” I said irritably. “I’d kill him if he did.” “She would. She has a temper. Stubborn, too. But… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“Passion is wholehearted devotion; it is fervor and agony; it is temper and zeal.” — Rebecca Ross Copy Share Image
“Still, we've attempted to argue when necessary; you've got to be able to let loose and even lose your temper a bit… — Oddný Eir Copy Share Image
Proficiency in art is a contract with your self and the empowerment of your self. Not all of us demand or even… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
It is difficult to keep quiet when everything is being done wrong, but the less you lose your temper the greater your… — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Good temper, like a sunny day, sheds a ray of brightness over everything; it is the sweetener of toil and the soother… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I was much affected by the internal troubles of the Punch family; I thought that with a little more tact on the… — Edmund Gosse Copy Share Image
There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good… — Chester A. Arthur Copy Share Image
Expeditions can greatly contribute towards building strength of character. Joseph Conrad in Lord Jim tells us that it is necessary for a… — Kurt Hahn Copy Share Image
Nothing is so aggravating as calmness. There is something positively brutal about the good temper of most modern men. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Mine was not an Enlightened mind, I now was aware: it was a Gothic mind, medieval in its temper and structure. I… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
My father is best known for his light comedies, and Im best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers. — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
If you have a temper, now is the time to learn to control it. The more you do so while you are… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I can fully appreciate the fury and anger that a person can feel when put through a humiliating experience by a cop,… — William Powell Copy Share Image
You are to consider that a certain melancholy and often a certain irascibility accompany advancing age: indeed it might be said that… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace. — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I had a temper when I played junior golf and had my clubs taken away for slamming them on the ground. I… — Matt Kuchar Copy Share Image
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Orthodoxy, or right opinion, is, at best, a very slender part of religion. Though right tempers cannot subsist without right opinions, yet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image