Fear is like the strong medicine used to fight serious diseases; it purges, but it also alters your temperament and wears out… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
It is the bane and the balm of individual perception that 'objective' reality is seen through the filter of each person's temperament. — Leonard Shlain Copy Share Image
Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Illusion, Temperament, Succession, Surface, Surprise, Reality, Subjectiveness,--these are the threads on the loom of time, these are the lords of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All mothers love their own children as best they can, according to their temperament and circumstances, and all mothers should have done… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
There are a number of issues that I disagree vehemently with Mr. Trump on. I question whether he's got the temperament to… — Charlie Baker Copy Share Image
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Although this garrulity of advising is born with us, I confess that life is rather a subject of wonder, than of didactics.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The fine gifts of temperament and imagination which are essential to the production of true poetry are often accompanied by morbid sensibility.… — Myrtle Reed Copy Share Image
On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness.… — Sania Mirza Copy Share Image
The confusion between temperament and character has had serious consequences for ethical theory. Preferences with regard to differences in temperament are mere… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Indolence, of course, is an absolutely crucial part of the creative process: you do not find poets sitting in rows in cavernous… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
... he felt himself to be one of them, who can live neither in the world nor out of it. They are… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
The same is true of Love, and the instinctive desire to please those whom we love. The teacher who succeeds in getting… — William James Copy Share Image
One of the aphorisms occurred to me now and I wrote it under the picture: "Fate and temperament are two words for… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being. — Robert Silverberg Copy Share Image
No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything. — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
I think one of the things about parents and children is there are the accidents of temperament. There's no guarantee that just… — Aline Brosh McKenna Copy Share Image
If writers possess a common temperament, it's that they tend to be shy egomaniacs; publicity is the spotlight they suffer for the… — Gail Caldwell Copy Share Image
You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion... different temperaments... differences in the capacity to… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Darwin wasn't just provocative in saying that we descend from the apes - he didn't go far enough. We are apes in… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I have much better judgment than Hillary Clinton does. There's no question about that. I also have a much better temperament than… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
My parents' generation didn't have any understanding of psychology or emotion or individual temperament. In fact, they were slightly embarrassed by all… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
“One of the most generous gifts you can give your child is to study her temperament, and once you've learned it, work… — Wendy Mogel Copy Share Image
It's true that I'm not known as a crooner or balladeer. I'm known for a more crusading or quixotic temperament. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Compulsory sports for those who by temperament or physique do not qualify may be a disaster. . . . The repercussions may… — John Money Copy Share Image
I despise the cowardly clinging to life, purely for the sake of life, that seems so deeply ingrained in the American temperament. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition. — N. Scott Momaday Copy Share Image
While tenderness of feeling and susceptibility to generous emotions are accidents of temperament, goodness is an achievement of the will and a… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
I don't think there is room for 'artistic temperament.' Professional artists understand art is a business. If businesses ran their companies like… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Maintain Composure In Times Of Heightened Emotion, Reacting Only When Thoughts Are Calm And Clear. Being Sensible Will Open Doors For Solutions… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
There is something very quiet and reserved and pessimistic about Obama's temperament that is deeply un-American. There are those people who claim,… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
Technique is the main thing when it comes to success at the top level. The sound temperament comes into work only when… — Shikhar Dhawan Copy Share Image
That is my temperament. I enjoy creating systems on a grand scale, and I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable. And I… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
