Temper Quotes · Page 9

I always find my temper when it's too late

— Nikhil Saluja

Anger is my biggest enemy in life.

— Mike Tyson

Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.

— Doug Plank

Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.

— Kacey Musgraves

I"ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me.

— Sidney Poitier

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

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

I'm going to go to anger management to share all my angry stories with all the other angry people.

— Anonymous

Nature is not benevolent; Nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exceptions, never tempers her decrees with…

— John Burroughs

The birch is used only out of bad temper and weakness, for the birch is a servile punishment which degrades the soul…

— Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

“A bad temper in a man is preferable to a man without a temper,” Madame Chiang had once explained to her sisters.”

— Kevin Peraino

Now before we do any digging around in that blond head of yours to find out the truth, I suggest you cool…

— Cassandra Clare

I do not wish to lose my temper because very shortly I will lose my head. Nevertheless, upon leaving this spark of…

— Charlie Chaplin

You have to be aware of your own shortcomings. The main thing I try not to do is lose my temper. Doing…

— Terry Wogan

Those who are compelled to paint by force, without being in the necessary mood, can produce only ungainly works, because this profession…

— Titian

A sunny temper [an attitude of gratitude for what blessings and mercies there are] gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud.

— Thomas Guthrie

I'M SORRY IF I HAVE A SHORT TEMPER. I'M SORRY IF I ANNOY YOU. I'M SORRY IF I ACT A LITTLE IMMATURE…

— Jen Nipe

“Hot or not, there went my tenuous grip on my temper. 'I don't need you looking out for what's best for me,…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

I have a little bit of a temper, but it's ... a useless temper, ... It doesn't accomplish anything, generally. It's just…

— James Gandolfini

I think there is a modern temper. The authority figures we revered in the past are all up for grabs - they're…

— Anne Rice

We've got to temper anything we say with that. On the other hand, you've got to be serious about what you do.…

— Leonard Cohen

I used to have a short temper. I still have one and when I lose it, it's bad. I think it comes…

— Anthony Yarde

Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small…

— Aristotle

“Whenever a woman tries to put you out of temper, turn the tables, and put HER out of temper instead. They are…

— Wilkie Collins

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

— Ford Frick

I stayed mad at the world when I was young. It wasn't temper, it was attitude.

— Johnny Paycheck

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favor of happiness, as a very resolute character.”

— Jane Austen

A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate.

— Voltaire

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation .

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

When I on set as a director I crazy. My temper is not that good.

— Andrew Lau

What happened to your hand? It got hit by a mirror. How'd that happen? I lost my temper at myself.

— Wes Anderson

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

— Anonymous

The most important time to hold your temper is when the other person has lost it.

— Anonymous

Hypocrisy is no cheap vice; nor can our natural temper be masked for many years together.

— Edmund Burke

My assistants will bear testimony to the fact that I am a very angry man.

— R. Madhavan

Angels have very nasty tempers. Especially when they’re feeling righteous.

— Clive Barker

I'm doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try the experiment?

— Lewis Carroll