--- title: "Great Temper Sayings" description: "Browse 1,187 Temper quotes by 871 authors. Discover the best Temper sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/christine-feehan-615_abbey_abbey-sarah-said-life-is-to-be-lived-if_1294223.jpg" --- > [Abbey," Sarah said, "life is to be lived. If you're living, you're going to stumble along the way." "All the time?" Abigail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-feehan/abbey-sarah-said-life-is-to-be-lived-if-you-re-living-you-re-going-to/) [Christine Feehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-feehan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/christine-feehan-615_abbey_abbey-sarah-said-life-is-to-be-lived-if_1294223.jpg) > [He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/he-scarce-had-ceased-when-the-superior-fiend-was-moving-toward-the/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/john-milton-191_artist_he-scarce-had-ceased-when-the-superior-f_2658006.png) > [Her elf is going to do just that,” he said, the red glow of the ever-after sun turning his hair auburn, almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-harrison/her-elf-is-going-to-do-just-that-he-said-the-red-glow-of-the-ever/) [Kim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/kim-harrison-323_accepting_her-elf-is-going-to-do-just-that-he-said_1059854.jpg) > [Now this spirit is admirably mortified by the exercise of patience. It involves also a continual practice of the presence of God;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-faber/now-this-spirit-is-admirably-mortified-by-the-exercise-of-patience-it/) [Frederick William Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-faber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f5/frederick-william-faber-11661_display_now-this-spirit-is-admirably-mortified-b_1737363.jpg) > [To the one, a little natural moderation and quietness of temper may be sufficient to conduct us: but to the other, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wilberforce/to-the-one-a-little-natural-moderation-and-quietness-of-temper-may-be/) [William Wilberforce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wilberforce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/william-wilberforce-8564_discipline_to-the-one-a-little-natural-moderation-a_2943040.jpg) > [Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-hodgson-burnett/never-did-she-find-anything-so-difficult-as-to-keep-herself-from/) [Frances Hodgson Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-hodgson-burnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/frances-hodgson-burnett-988_book_never-did-she-find-anything-so-difficult_347896.png) > [In tribal society, the most important thing to do when civilians are killed in a skirmish is to acknowledge the deaths, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-mortenson/in-tribal-society-the-most-important-thing-to-do-when-civilians-are/) [Greg Mortenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-mortenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/greg-mortenson-7579_acknowledge_in-tribal-society-the-most-important-thi_2813587.jpg) > [I don’t think I pity her. She doesn’t strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I envy her... I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/i-don-t-think-i-pity-her-she-doesn-t-strike-me-as-a-girl-that/) [Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/henry-james-417_air_i-don-t-think-i-pity-her-she-doesn-t-str_2019634.jpg) > [ When \[men\] see a pretty woman, and feel the delicious madness of love coming over them, they always stop to calculate her… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/when-men-see-a-pretty-woman-and-feel-the-delicious-madness-of-love/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_been-in-love_when-men-see-a-pretty-woman-and-feel-the_1904924.jpg) > [ Let the awe \[the teacher\] has upon \[children's\] minds be so tempered with the constant marks of tenderness and good will, that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/let-the-awe-the-teacher-has-upon-children-s-minds-be-so-tempered-with/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/john-locke-814_admitting_let-the-awe-the-teacher-has-upon-childre_1418826.jpg) > [When you want to direct someone toward the good, first put him at peace bodily and honor him with words of love.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-of-nineveh/when-you-want-to-direct-someone-toward-the-good-first-put-him-at/) [Isaac of Nineveh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-of-nineveh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/isaac-of-nineveh-13019_casts_when-you-want-to-direct-someone-toward-t_1551482.jpg) > [I am nothing but a miserable, crushed worm, whom no one wants, whom no one loves, a useless creature with morning sickness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-tolstaya/i-am-nothing-but-a-miserable-crushed-worm-whom-no-one-wants-whom-no/) [Sophia Tolstaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-tolstaya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/sophia-tolstaya-56279_bad-temper_i-am-nothing-but-a-miserable-crushed-wor_2660181.jpg) > [Art thou in misery, brother? Then I pray Be comforted. Thy grief shall pass away. Art thou elated? Ah, be not too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hamilton-hayne/art-thou-in-misery-brother-then-i-pray-be-comforted-thy-grief-shall/) [Paul Hamilton Hayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hamilton-hayne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/paul-hamilton-hayne-67373_anguish_art-thou-in-misery-brother-then-i-pray-b_1985499.png) > [I am not a perfect being. . . . I have more faults than I know what to do with. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-keller/i-am-not-a-perfect-being-i-have-more-faults-than-i-know-what-to-do/) [Helen Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/helen-keller-429_christian_i-am-not-a-perfect-being-i-have-more-fau_1151001.png) > [Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miller-williams/have-compassion-for-everyone-you-meet-even-if-they-don-t-want-it-what/) [Miller Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miller-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/miller-williams-30863_bad-man_have-compassion-for-everyone-you-meet-ev_1222464.jpg) > [But he always licked to get visitors alone in the billiard room and tell them stories about a mysterious lady, a foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-he-always-licked-to-get-visitors-alone-in-the-billiard-room-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/anonymous-1_devilish_but-he-always-licked-to-get-visitors-alo_1174326.jpg) > [Too many have no idea of the subjection of their temper to the influence of religion, and yet what is changed, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-angell-james/too-many-have-no-idea-of-the-subjection-of-their-temper-to-the/) [John Angell James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-angell-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/john-angell-james-29595_changed_too-many-have-no-idea-of-the-subjection_557080.jpg) > [There was a magic about the sea. People were drawn to it. People wanted to love by it, swim in it, play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecelia-ahern/there-was-a-magic-about-the-sea-people-were-drawn-to-it-people-wanted/) [Cecelia Ahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecelia-ahern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b1/cecelia-ahern-535_actors_there-was-a-magic-about-the-sea-people-w_1867155.jpg) > [It is like the thirsty traveller who at first sincerely sought the water of knowledge, but who later, having found it plain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/syed-muhammad-naquib-al-attas/it-is-like-the-thirsty-traveller-who-at-first-sincerely-sought-the/) [Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/syed-muhammad-naquib-al-attas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d0/syed-muhammad-naquib-al-attas_cups_it-is-like-the-thirsty-traveller-who-at_2889295.png) > [Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, 'Today I am happy because this morning I was angry.' On the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/happiness-cannot-come-from-hatred-or-anger-nobody-can-say-today-i-am/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/dalai-lama-89_anger_happiness-cannot-come-from-hatred-or-ang_2924325.jpg) > [A monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas. One little pea dropped out. He tried to pick it up, and split twenty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/a-monkey-was-carrying-two-handfuls-of-peas-one-little-pea-dropped-out/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/leo-tolstoy-55_littles_a-monkey-was-carrying-two-handfuls-of-pe_328521.png) > [“If your temper is aroused and you tell 'em a thing or two, you will have a fine time unloading your feelings.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-carnegie/if-your-temper-is-aroused-and-you-tell-em-a-thing-or-two-you-will/) [Dale Carnegie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-carnegie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/dale-carnegie-382_time_if-your-temper-is-aroused-and-you-tell-e_686034.jpg) > [A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rakoff/a-secondhand-wardrobe-hand-clothes-doesn-t-make-one-an-artist-neither/) [David Rakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rakoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/david-rakoff-3308_art_a-secondhand-wardrobe-hand-clothes-doesn_789529.png) > [I'm sorry for losing my temper following the race, but after a day or two of looking back at the race it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robby-gordon/i-m-sorry-for-losing-my-temper-following-the-race-but-after-a-day-or/) [Robby Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robby-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc3/robby-gordon-85777_bigs_i-m-sorry-for-losing-my-temper-following_2392863.jpg) > [Discreetly keep most of your radical opinions to yourself. When with people be a listener a large part of the time. Be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grenville-kleiser/discreetly-keep-most-of-your-radical-opinions-to-yourself-when-with/) [Grenville Kleiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grenville-kleiser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/grenville-kleiser-7984_be-considerate_discreetly-keep-most-of-your-radical-opi_1495184.jpg) > [Is it not true that your gloominess and bad temper are due to your lack of determination in breaking the subtle snares…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josemaria-escriva/is-it-not-true-that-your-gloominess-and-bad-temper-are-due-to-your/) [Josemaria Escriva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josemaria-escriva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/josemaria-escriva-10492_bad-temper_is-it-not-true-that-your-gloominess-and_1423990.jpg) > [White people get to do that all of the time. They get to engage in bad behavior, even felonious behavior, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yance-ford/white-people-get-to-do-that-all-of-the-time-they-get-to-engage-in-bad/) [Yance Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yance-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/yance-ford-14023_bad-behavior_white-people-get-to-do-that-all-of-the-t_1716949.jpg) ## Top authors on Temper - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-addison-53245.jpg) Joseph Addison 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/joseph-addison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-austen-47065.jpg) Jane Austen 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/jane-austen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lewis-carroll-60017.jpg) Lewis Carroll 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/lewis-carroll/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-146.jpg) Francois de La Rochefoucauld 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-milton-51960.jpg) John Milton 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/john-milton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frances-hodgson-burnett-35354.jpg) Frances Hodgson Burnett 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/frances-hodgson-burnett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hume-27582.jpg) David Hume 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/david-hume/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/cassandra-clare/) - [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/anthony-ashley-cooper-7th-earl-of-shaftesbury/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-law-95663.jpg) William Law 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/william-law/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/temper/#itemlist", "name": "Temper Quotes", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Abbey,\" Sarah said, \"life is to be lived. 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