Men of an amiable, yielding temper, willing to take the lowest place; to be least of all; and the servants to all...who… — Ann Hasseltine Judson Copy Share Image
It may, indeed, be assumed that a man who loses his temper while he is speaking is endeavouring to speak the truth… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others,… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
If we desire to live securely, comfortably, and quietly, that by all honest means we should endeavor to purchase the good will… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
They hired us over the Internet, mailed us half the cash and promised the other half after we nailed the vampire." I… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
I laughed. It was just like Owen to make excuses for someone else’s shortcomings. Even fictional characters. Owen found my tendency to… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
It's difficult for me to really temper my personality, but I am trying to be a little more sensible about it. If… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
If you're lucky on a team, even if you're not sisters or brothers, you become such a family that you get that… — Colleen Jones Copy Share Image
“Our natures own predilections and antipathies alike strange. There are people from whom we secretly shrink, whom we would personally avoid, though… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Strange is the vigour in a brave man's soul. The strength of his spirit and his irresistible power, the greatness of his… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
A Classical style... is the syllogism of art, the only legitimate process from one world to another. Classicism is not the manner… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“Oh, ye’ve a temper,’ said Archie consideringly. ‘And ye had a rare old time losing it, and ye were like enough justified… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Some people cannot understand other feelings. They don't even mind if that person is hurt or not. They are out of control… — Tracy Delos Santos Copy Share Image
And here Dante describes an evidently spherical world... "The lamp of the world [the sun] rises to mortals through different passages; but… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Ever wonder how much patience you should have with someone, you know, before you lose your temper? Infinite. But careful now. That… — Mike Dooley Copy Share Image
We had no one else to learn this from- none of our parents were shining examples of relationship success- so we learned… — Tana French Copy Share Image
This is real. This is not a phase. This is not a temper tantrum. The average American who I believe makes this… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The death of God represents not only the realization that gods have never existed, but the contention that such a belief is… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“He had a hot temper and would have been at home with the fighting and fucking of that ancient society, but deep… — Sarah A. Denzil Copy Share Image
My own belief is that most people are trying to do their best. It doesn't mean they have no nasty side, or… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“You have a bad temper, Mr. Morrison.” “Get the hell off me,” Tate snarled through his teeth. “I’m not on you.” “Yes,… — Ella Frank Copy Share Image
I do not believe in free will. Schopenhauer's words: 'Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills,'… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“[On Anger] [T]he instinct of self-preservation, setting itself against everything that interferes with our pleasures and comfort. What is called temper, with… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
The ubiquity of the Divine presence is the only true support, and I am sometimes astonished how persons, who evidently do not… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Good and Evil are names that signify our appetites and aversions, which in different tempers, customs, and doctrines of men, are different:… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness; one who loves… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being... He… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
My dad had a temper. I have a temper. Most people I know have a temper. And I think it comes out… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
Over time you learn to know a bit more about yourself - you develop a certain amount of self-insight and self-awareness, and… — Kofi Annan 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
Probably Providence has implanted peevishness and ill-temper in sick and old persons, in compassion to the friends or relations who are to… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Because even if they are doing something immoral, I'd be an idiot to start criticizing them for it if I wasn't perfect… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Don’t fail through defects of temper and over-sensitiveness at moments of trial. One of the great helps to success is to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a great deal of difference between temperament and temper. Temperament is something you welcome creatively, for it is based on sensitivity,… — Lucille Ball Copy Share Image
There is in some men a dispassionate neutrality of mind, which, though it generally passes for good temper, can neither gratify nor… — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
She realized all at once that Doon, thin, dark eyed Doon, with his troublesome temper and his terrible brown jacket, and his… — Jeanne DuPrau Copy Share Image
![“And here Dante describes an evidently spherical world... "The lamp of the world [the sun] rises to mortals through different passages; but through that which joins four circles with three crosses [the position of the rising sun at the vernal equinox] it issues with a better course and conjoined…” quote by Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/dante-alighieri-590_circles_and-here-dante-describes-an-evidently-sp_1811951.jpg)
![“[On Anger] [T]he instinct of self-preservation, setting itself against everything that interferes with our pleasures and comfort. What is called temper, with its fruits of anger and strife, has its roots in the physical constitution, and is one among the sins of the flesh. [of the spirit . . .]…” quote by Andrew Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/andrew-murray-1530_andrew-murray_on-anger-t-he-instinct-of-self-preservat_1857069.png)
