Temper Quotes

570 Temper quotes by 421 unique authors

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
An awful lot has been written about my temper. — Norman Schwarzkopf
Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for… — Norman Schwarzkopf
O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad! — William Shakespeare
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. — Charles Spurgeon
I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed. — Rachel Stevens
But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in… — Emma Thompson
Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted… — Anthony Trollope
People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and keep their tempers, are very diplomatic… — Sigourney Weaver
All that self-control stuff, I tried all that stuff from analysts. I went everywhere to these guys, every kind of anger-management, psychologist, psychiatrist. 'Get rid… — Harvey Weinstein
You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and… — Harvey Weinstein
Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with… — Edward Weston
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. — Oscar Wilde
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. — William Butler Yeats
I'm not a tough boss in that I don't raise my voice, I don't freak out, and I don't have a temper most of the… — Rachel Zoe
Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Yet if he upbraided her in his hurry, it was to repent bitterly his temper the next, and to feel its effects more than she,… — James M. Barrie
I hadn't been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called 'bee yard etiquette'. She… — Sue Monk Kidd
As it was, things went from bad to worse, as they often will when amateurs are involved in an activity that they perform in bad… — John Irving
â€¦a lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper --a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or… — Charles Dickens

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