Tempers Quotes

62 Tempers quotes by 62 unique authors

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
The writer loves the fog as it pours in; he loves the sun when the fog pours out. The rest of California is Beach Boys… — Eric Maisel
A God who chastises our lack of faith, our vices, the little esteem in which we hold dignity and the civic virtues. We tolerate vice,… — Jose Rizal
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty. — Plutarch
Adversity is the refiner's fire that bends iron but tempers steel. — James E. Faust
My father is best known for his light comedies, and Im best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers. — Vincent Cassel
No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have… — Nathan Fillion
And here Dante describes an evidently spherical world... "The lamp of the world [the sun] rises to mortals through different passages; but through that which… — Dante Alighieri
Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against life's ills. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. — Joseph Addison
Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with. — Euripides
Inject laughter into tense situations to save the day; laughter calms tempers and soothes jangled nerves. — Wilferd Peterson
Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed… — Joseph Butler
A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake, incapable… — Henry Fielding
Doubt tempers belief with sanity. — Barbara Kruger
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are administered according to… — Aeschines
Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly… — William Law
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
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. ...Hope sweetens the memory of experiences… — Samuel Smiles
Her heart went out to him with a stronger movement than ever, at the thought that people would blame him. Maggie hated blame; she had… — George Eliot
(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance… — Rudyard Kipling
It's like all those quiet people, when they do lose their tempers they lose them with a vengeance. — Agatha Christie
I have not a doubt of your doing very well together. Your tempers are by no means unlike. You are each of you so complying,… — Jane Austen
Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s like to be… — Kim Harrison

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