Temper Quotes · Page 14

My father taught me that losing your temper is a self-indulgent act.

— Hugh Jackman

Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The higher the stakes, the greater the temptation to lose your temper.

— C. S. Lewis

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

— Henry Rollins

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

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

— Meg Cabot

He was a gentle and sensitive soul, and therefore had a short temper, which is why he went straight after everything with…

— Bohumil Hrabal

I don't have an explosive temper. People seem to think that - maybe somewhere lives the lion in my cage. But I'm…

— Juliette Lewis

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

— Washington Irving

So great an advantage is given to sin and Satan by your temper and disposition, that without extraordinary watchfulness, care, and diligence,…

— John Owen

I got a short - I got a temper. I fight in a cage for a living. There's a reason people like…

— Matt Riddle

We have to wear clothes, a requirement of custom, but more time, temper, character, and peace of mind, not to mention money,…

— Kate Langley Bosher

“I knew that even though he was way into mood-altering substances and he had this really bad temper that there was something…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

When You Develop The Ability To Listen To Anything Without Losing Your Temper Or Self-Confidence, It Means That You Have Become Well-Mannered…

— Pacifiersucker

Let the awe [the teacher] has upon [children's] minds be so tempered with the constant marks of tenderness and good will, that…

— John Locke

I'm sorry for losing my temper following the race, but after a day or two of looking back at the race it's…

— Robby Gordon

“If your temper is aroused and you tell 'em a thing or two, you will have a fine time unloading your feelings.…

— Dale Carnegie

A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your…

— David Rakoff

Discreetly keep most of your radical opinions to yourself. When with people be a listener a large part of the time. Be…

— Grenville Kleiser

Is it not true that your gloominess and bad temper are due to your lack of determination in breaking the subtle snares…

— Josemaria Escriva

White people get to do that all of the time. They get to engage in bad behavior, even felonious behavior, but they…

— Yance Ford

There was a magic about the sea. People were drawn to it. People wanted to love by it, swim in it, play…

— Cecelia Ahern

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

O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you.

— Thomas Otway

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

I attempt to channel my anger into the tip of my forefinger as I press the shutter.

— Philip Jones Griffiths

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

— Cass Sunstein

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!

— William Shakespeare

The secret to my success has been optimism tempered by anger.

— Robert Anton Wilson

“May you have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”

— Charles Dickens

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

— Cal Ripken, Jr

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

— Devon Monk

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