Temper Quotes

570 quotes by 421 authors

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper. — Louis XIV
You seem in England to be entirely ignorant of the temper of our people. — Peter Oliver
I lost my temper on stage. — Michael Richards
That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody… — James Lee Burke
I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned. — Paul D. Boyer
Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound. — Ford Frick
I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps. — Dirk Bogarde
We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are… — Charles Schumer
They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs... — Lewis Carroll
Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty, and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper, and Tossing of… — Sivananda
We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our… — D. A. Carson
Traveling through the world produces a marvelous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within ourselves, and see… — Michel de Montaigne
There is no temper more unpropitious to interest than desultory application and unlimited inquiry, by which the desires are held in a perpetual equipoise, and… — Samuel Johnson
The old middle-class prerogative of being permanently in a most filthy temper. — John Mortimer
A sunny temper [an attitude of gratitude for what blessings and mercies there are] gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud. — Thomas Guthrie
What irritates me most of all about these morning people is their horribly good temper, as if they have been up for three hours and… — Timur
Iâ€™m just trying to get people to understand horses. You have to be consistent and logical, use your brain, and not be emotional and not… — Buck Brannaman
Bear in mind three essential qualities in all games of intellect:â€“ Never to show selfishness or to wound the feelings of your adversary. To be… — Unknown Author
If you think you can temper yourself into manliness by sitting here over your books, it is the very silliest fancy that ever tempted a… — James Anthony Froude
A cheerful temper, joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good-natured. — Joseph Addison

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