A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I'm not a tough boss in that I don't raise my voice, I don't freak out, and I don't have a temper… — Rachel Zoe Copy Share Image
He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Rajarathinam Pillai was a performing genius and a crusader. His was a shining mind, prone to excesses of temper and his life… — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
“My pride had risen up and whopped me in the face. I don't lose my temper a lot, but when I do,… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
Sit, Your High Majestic Lord Princes," she said. She yanked a chair from the table and sat herself down. "You're in fine… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
I have a strange - because there's no other way probably of describing it - uh, temper. I'm a very difficult taskmaster.… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Dont befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive? My hunch is yes.… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
An organist who has the sensitivity to quietly play prelude music from the hymnbook tempers our feelings and causes us to go… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Oh woman! lovely woman! nature made thee To temper man; we had been brutes without you; Angels are painted fair to look… — Thomas Otway Copy Share Image
There are some who affect a want of affectation, and flatter themselves that they are above flattery; they are proud of being… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I am sorry to say we whites have a sad reputation among many of the Polynesians. The natives of these islands are… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas.… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
You cannot be an egomaniac on the horse. If you lose your temper and start beating him, either you will destroy him,… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
We began to temper Western democracy with what I'd call a social contract. We put in Social Security, graduated income tax, workers'… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than… — Charles Buxton Copy Share Image
To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully… — George Washington Copy Share Image
You cannot reason people into loving those whom they are not drawn to love; they cannot reason themselves into it; and there… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
When I see a mom embarrassed because her kid is having a temper tantrum, I'm like, 'Please! Do you think I've never… — Molly Shannon Copy Share Image
The temper of mind that sees tragedy in life has not for its opposite the temper that sees joy. The opposite pole… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Now I know we said things, did things that we didn't mean, And we fall back into the same patterns, same routine,… — Amit Verma Copy Share Image
I'm not a fighter, trust me. But I am someone who can get angry. I have a temper at times. Sometimes it… — Jeff Gordon Copy Share Image
Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking… — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
“Manage your temper" he reminds me, his small voice darkening. "Manners, manners, then burn their bloodydamn house to the ground.” — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
“The worst of these politics of revolution is this: they temper and harden the breast, in order to prepare it for the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I'll tell you an explanation that I find commonly overrated and speculative in the extreme: the idea that things that succeed in… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
I like weather better than climate. The dry season is a gold vacuum; but the rainy season has change, which is weather.… — Gertrude Diamant Copy Share Image
Few things are more agreeable than the spectacle of a man who loses his temper; we should be grateful to such people… — Harold Nicolson Copy Share Image
but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
One of the best ways of keeping your temper in an argument, as most of us know only too well, is not… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I always rejoice when I see a tribunal filled with a man of an upright and inflexible temper, who in the execution… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
In academe, we ought to temper our criticism of the idea of self-help because, in a more complex way, it is precisely… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
My fist so rocky and and wrist so icy, Might be, thrown off my rocker just slightly, Feisty, claimin' hot temper don't… — T.I Copy Share Image
I regard myself as a religious... the temper of my mind as religious, and because I regard the temper of my mind… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride, bridles the tongue, restrains the hand and tramples upon… — George Horne Copy Share Image
Only when emotion is involved do you get angry and lose your temper. You could have different points of view, but as… — Kumar Mangalam Birla Copy Share Image
