“He had hit with his closed fist and knocked her sprawling. It took talent to make Wyatt lose his temper, but Jessie… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
What comfort there is in a cheerful spirit! how the heart leaps up to meet a sunshiny face, a merry tongue, an… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
Traveling through the world produces a marvelous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
An officer should never speak ironically or sarcastically to an enlisted man, since the latter does not have a fair chance to… — Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall Copy Share Image
The moon, the moon, so silver and cold, Her fickle temper has oft been told, Now shade--now bright and sunny-- But of… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
You are not a perfect woman.You have an evil temper, you’re as blind as a mole, you’re a deplorable poet, and frankly,… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
When you see anyone complaining of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper, know that the complainant is bad-tempered, forasmuch… — Rumi Copy Share Image
There is a theory, that I rather subscribe to. The frame story implies that if he doesn't change, she will kill him.… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
“That was progress, right there. Except no one would ever know how hard I was working to keep my temper under control,… — Cat Clarke Copy Share Image
There is no reason in the world why you should not be important where you are known. You have good sense, and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Being gritty doesn't mean not showing pain or pretending everything is O.K. In fact, when you look at healthy and successful and… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
I have since often observed, how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is, especially of youth ... that they are… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
“Waste and stupidity get you the worst, that’s what he said. Use this time and it’ll temper you. Now’s the hardest test—not… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
Good Nature, and Evenness of Temper, will give you an easie Companion for Life; Vertue and good Sense, an agreeable Friend; Love… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
You draw the best things from your parents and family. You're going to pick up some of the bad things as well… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
The exercise of patience involves a continual practice of the presence of God, for we may be called upon at any moment… — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
Nothing can alter the character of God. In the course of a human life, tastes and outlook and temper may change radically:… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Keep your own secret, and get out other people's. Keep your own temper, and artfully warm other people's. Counterwork your rivalswith diligence… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
No politician can praise unemployment or inflation, and there is no way of combining high employment with stable prices that does not… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
... if you desire to marry you must realize that a mistress is won by the good temper and grace displayed while… — Thoinot Arbeau Copy Share Image
I think the best directors rarely loose their temper. I think the best directors provide you with a safe environment where they… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
A machine is a great moral educator. If a horse or a donkey won’t go, men lose their tempers and beat it;… — Gilbert Murray Copy Share Image
A playwright, especially a playwright whose work deals very directly with an audience, perhaps he should pay some attention to the nature… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Differences in political opinions are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary; but it is exceedingly to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
