Temper Quotes · Page 10

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

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

— Ellen Glasgow

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

— Vikrant Parsai

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— Willa Gibbs

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

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

— Jane Austen

People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and keep their tempers,…

— Sigourney Weaver

They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs...

— Lewis Carroll

Lizards of every temper, style, and color dwell here, seemingly as happy and companionable as the birds and squirrels.

— John Muir

For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.

— Stephenie Meyer

“It's safe, this fury. I can't afford to feel anything else. The anger is a shield, and if I relinquish it, I'll…

— May Kauffman

As I age I am grateful to find that a silence has begun to gather in me, coexisting with my tempers and…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

I always rejoice when I see a tribunal filled with a man of an upright and inflexible temper, who in the execution…

— Joseph Addison

“They've a temper, some of them--particularly verbs: they're the proudest--adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs--however I can manage the…

— Lewis Carroll

I'm bred for farm work, and for such folk, the only A's you get come from effort. Strife and strain are all…

— Mary Karr

I have not a doubt of your doing very well together. Your tempers are by no means unlike. You are each of…

— Jane Austen

Bear in mind three essential qualities in all games of intellect:– Never to show selfishness or to wound the feelings of your…

— W. Patterson

My temper is of a recluse and contemplative cast; had it been otherwise, I should, perhaps, on some former occasions, have entered…

— William Godwin

I dealt with men who had tempers, and who could get violent-Lord knows how I had to defend myself against Howard Hughes…

— Ava Gardner

If I have a really bad cook or a bad manager or bad sous-chef, I previously would have fired them or lost…

— David Chang

We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. Even in the common transactions…

— William Hazlitt

“One little temper tantrum isn’t going to scare me away.” “I can’t guarantee it won’t happen again.” “I work every day with…

— Joan Johnston

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

— John Mortimer

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

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

— Courtney Love

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

— María Dueñas

It's not something I worry about: I can control my temper!

— Dele Alli

“A little leavening of dissatisfied temper will spread through a group and change outlooks.”

— Elisabeth Elliot

Nah, I don't have a bad temper. I just have a quick reaction to bullshit.

— Anonymous

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

— Pietro Aretino

Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.

— Viktor E. Frankl

“Anger gets you into trouble, ego keeps you in trouble.”

— Amit Kalantri

I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.

— Yancy Butler

“My temper began to rise -- always a bad sign. I would probably end up doing something stupid.”

— Jasper Fforde

Righteous indignation: your own wrath as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others

— Elbert Hubbard

I am very short-tempered but my anger doesn't last long.

— Mimi Chakraborty

“He [Jesus] had a terrible temper, you know, undoubtedly inherited from His Father.”

— Robertson Davies