Temperament Quotes

306 Temperament quotes by 245 unique authors

Ronaldo is a disgrace to the game. His petulance, temperament, throwing himself on the ground. It was a disgrace to professional football. This fella Ronaldo… — Eamon Dunphy
By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often do not shoot at all.… — Bill Brandt
The same is true of Love, and the instinctive desire to please those whom we love. The teacher who succeeds in getting herself loved by… — William James
The idea is that one's temperament improves with age; that you learn to deal better with people and become more benevolent and loving. That's not… — Robert Duvall
Cooks are in some ways very much like actors; they must be fit and strong, since acting and cooking are two of the most exacting… — Andre Simon
A person's fate is their own temper. — Benjamin Disraeli
Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who… — Saint Augustine
Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the… — John Burroughs
The aeroplane is the nearest thing to animate life that man has created. In the air a machine ceases indeed to be a mere piece… — Unknown Author
Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic… — Jack White
Why is it that all those who have become eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, or the arts are clearly of an atrabilious temperament and some… — Aristotle
Calligraphy may well be simply an artistic version of another form, that is the ideograms which make up the poem, but then not only does… — Sijie Dai
With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right.… — Glenn Close
I like cats. I used to have a lot of cats, but I don't anymore, now I just have a dog. It does take a… — Jennifer Love Hewitt
Most of my friends wonder why I get these roles that are so masculine and tough. I think it's my Polish temperament that comes up. — Izabella Scorupco
Temperament is fixed, set. The skull, followed by the temperament: the two hardest parts of the body. Follow your temperament. It is not a philosophy,… — J M Coetzee
Courage is the ability to conquer fear or despair, to be brave or have a quality of mind or temperament that enables you to stand… — Jo Baer
The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less from an innate Philistinism than from a suspicion of anything that cannot be counted, stuffed, framed… — Lewis H. Lapham
Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a… — Oscar Wilde
My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being. — Robert Silverberg
Scientists are people of very dissimilar temperaments doing different things in very different ways. Among scientists are collectors, classifiers and compulsive tidiers-up; many are detectives… — Peter Medawar
When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. — Robert Bly
It was as if my father had given me, by way of temperament, an impossibly wild, dark, and unbroken horse. It was a horse without… — Kay Redfield Jamison
We should cultivate the optimistic temperament, and endeavour to see the good that dwells in everything. If we sit down and lament over the imperfection… — Swami Vivekananda
Dreams have consequences. There is no turning back. A revolution is not a painless march to the gates of freedom and justice. It is a… — Hisham Matar

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