Temper Quotes

570 Temper quotes by 421 unique authors

This world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of… — Robert Kennedy
I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little… — Jane Austen
For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no royal road to… — Helen Keller
I donâ€™t think I pity her. She doesnâ€™t strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I envy her... I donâ€™t know whether… — Henry James
To women who please me only by their faces, I am the very devil when I find out they have neither souls nor hearts â€”… — Charlotte Bronte
There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination… — Charles Dickens
A great nation is not saved by wars, it is saved by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly;… — William James
Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a sign… — Miller Williams
Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book.… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
But he always licked to get visitors alone in the billiard room and tell them stories about a mysterious lady, a foreign royalty, with whom… — C.S. Lewis
Nasty temper he's got, that Sirius Black. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Malcolm: A karate master does not kill people with his bare hands. He does not lose his temper and kill his wife. The person who… — Michael Crichton
As you read a book word by word and page by page, you participate in its creation, just as a cellist playing a Bach suite… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I do think all good and evil comes from words. I have to tune myself into a good temper with something musical, and I run… — Virginia Woolf
Perhaps I have not really a good temper at all, but if you have everything you want and everyone is kind to you, how can… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
My mother was good at reading books, making cinnamon biscuits, and coloring in a coloring book. Also she was a good eater of popcorn and… — Haven Kimmel
It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. It does not improve the temper. — W. Somerset Maugham
She was like me in lineaments-- her eyes Her hair, her features, all, to the very tone Even of her voice, they said were like… — Lord Byron
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. ...Hope sweetens the memory of experiences… — Samuel Smiles
Marcâ€™s hand tightened visibly around Kevinâ€™s fingers, his digits going white. Again. Both men clenched their jaws, Kevin in pain, and Marc in an obvious… — Rachel Vincent

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