Temper Quotes

570 Temper quotes by 421 unique authors

Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let somebody insult you and see that that you do not answer back. Just see it, not to get into temper. Try that your ego… — Nirmala Srivastava
Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health. — Thomas Jefferson
I do not believe in free will. Schopenhauer's words: 'Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills,' accompany me in… — Albert Einstein
I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues. — Cal Ripken, Jr.
My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo, who had a… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts. — Ezra Taft Benson
The sour quality is set opposite to the bitter and the sweet, and is a good temper to all, a refreshing and cooling when the… — Jakob Bohme
Sometimes I lose my temper. — Noam Chomsky
My parents took me to the Bronte parsonage in England when I was a teenager. I had a fight with my mum, burst into tears,… — Eleanor Catton
If you have a temper, now is the time to learn to control it. The more you do so while you are young, the more… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I think the best directors rarely lose their temper. — Luke Evans
You have to be aware of your own shortcomings. The main thing I try not to do is lose my temper. Doing live interviews on… — Terry Wogan
My childhood was marked by seizures, which my family interpreted as temper tantrums. — Sylvia Fraser
A vile and overbearing temper becomes sometimes, in one long accustomed to the exercise of power, unendurable to those who are subject to its humors. — Samuel Freeman Miller
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try… — Anthony Burgess
We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself. — Louis D. Brandeis
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. — Orson Welles
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is… — Thomas Paine
It has pleased and interested me to see how I could get along under difficult circumstances and with so much discomfort but as I say… — Richard H. Davis

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