Temper Quotes
570 Temper quotes by 421 unique authors
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Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late.
— Joseph Campbell
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To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a…
— Edmund Burke
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Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.
— Irvin D. Yalom
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Yes, you make yourself useful, angel boy. Meanwhile, I’ll be in the bathroom.†William’s jet-black hair was dripping wet and plastered to his face. There…
— Gena Showalter
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{Mrs. March to Jo} You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Nicolai, the Dark Seducer as his people called him, had been in bed, but not alone. He was never alone. He was a man known…
— Gena Showalter
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They hired us over the Internet, mailed us half the cash and promised the other half after we nailed the vampire." I lowered Grief until…
— Jennifer Rardin
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In the way that scepticism is sometimes applied to issues of public concern, there is a tendency to belittle, to condescend, to ignore the fact…
— Carl Sagan
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Her elf is going to do just that,†he said, the red glow of the ever-after sun turning his hair auburn, almost as red as…
— Kim Harrison
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For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.
— Stephenie Meyer
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My temper is under control," he roared, and yep, that display surely convinced Ares.
— Larissa Ione
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Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.
— Lewis Carroll
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Her honor will come to no harm at my hands,†Jack said. “’Tis not her honor but her tender heart that I worry about,†Alexander…
— Karen Hawkins
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It's suspiciously quiet in here, and there's a Tod shaped dent in the bean bag. For the sake of both my sanity and my temper,…
— Rachel Vincent
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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
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Nothing can temper the spirit of a warrior as much as the challenge of dealing with impossible people in positions of power. Only under those…
— Carlos Castaneda
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You have one Mord-Sith and one Mother Confessor, here, both in very bad moods. I would suggest you not give us an excuse to lose…
— Terry Goodkind
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He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything;…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Fear is a fire to temper courage and resolve. Use it so.
— Terry Brooks
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What happened to your hand? It got hit by a mirror. How'd that happen? I lost my temper at myself.
— Wes Anderson
Who Wrote These Temper Quotes
421 authors contributed a total of 570 Temper Quotes, led by these top contributors: