Temper Quotes - Page 24

• In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.

  Livy

  Adversity, Desire, Assuming

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• Lizards of every temper, style, and color dwell here, seemingly as happy and companionable as the birds and squirrels.

  John Muir

  Squirrels, Color, Bird

  John Muir (2011). “My First Summer in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition”, p.27, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I'm not a fighter, trust me. But I am someone who can get angry. I have a temper at times. Sometimes it gets the best of you no matter how you manage it.

  Jeff Gordon

  Matter, Fighter, Sometimes

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• Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood.

  William Wordsworth

  Wise, Brain, Battle

  William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.236

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• You cannot reason people into loving those whom they are not drawn to love; they cannot reason themselves into it; and there are some contrarieties of temper which are too strong even for the obligations of relationship.

  James Anthony Froude

  Strong, People, Reason

  James Anthony Froude (1849). “The Nemesis of Faith”, p.82

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• Newspapers are being read all around. The point is not, of course, to glean new information, but rather to coax the mind out of its sleep-induced introspective temper.

  Alain de Botton

  Sleep, Mind, Information

  "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work". Book by Alain de Botton, 2008.

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• I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'

  Tony Dorsett

  Basketball, School, Boys

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• The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  People, Giving, Calm

  "Maxims". Book by Francois de La Rochefoucauld, No. 18, 1665.

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• Differences in political opinions are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary; but it is exceedingly to be regretted that subjects cannot be discussed with temper on the one hand, or decisions submitted to without having the motives, which led to them, improperly implicated on the other; and this regret borders on chagrin when we find that men of abilities, zealous patriots, having the same general objects in view, and the same upright intentions to prosecute them, will not exercise more charity in deciding on the opinions and actions of one another.

  George Washington

  Regret, Exercise, Men

  Jay A. Parry, Andrew M. Allison, George Washington (1991). “The real George Washington”, Natl Center for Constitutional

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• For me, makeup is about being your best self. If I wake up in a foul mood and have to deal with temper tantrums and an exploding diaper--I know taking 10 minutes to get my game face on will reset my stress levels. It's a chance to check in and remind myself--you got this.

  Jessica Alba

  Stress, Makeup, Games

  Jessica Alba (2013). “The Honest Life (Enhanced Edition): Living Naturally and True to You”, p.64, Rodale

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• I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.

  Joseph Addison

  Morality, Endeavor, Wit

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steel (1809). “The Spectator”, p.44

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• British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match; personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and anyone who loses his temper is disqualified.

  Andre Maurois

  Games, Boxing, Hitting

  "The Silence of Colonel Bramble". Book by Andre Maurois, 1918.

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• The present age delights in unearthing a great man's secrets; for one thing because we like to temper our admiration and also perhaps we have a vague hope of finding a clue to genius in such "revelations."

  Andre Malraux

  Men, Secret, Age

  "The Voices of Silence". Book by Andre Malraux, Doubleday, Part III, Chapter VI, 1953.

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• The truly educated can listen to any view without losing their temper or self-confidence.

  Robert Frost

  Self Confidence, Views, Losing

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• The colicky baby who becomes calm, the quiet infant who throws temper tantrums at two, the wild child at four who becomes seriousand studious at six all seem to surprise their parents. It is difficult to let go of one's image of a child, say goodbye to the child a parent knows, and get accustomed to this slightly new child inhabiting the known child's body.

  Ellen Galinsky

  Letting Go, Goodbye, Baby

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• As children, women are encouraged to be "little ladies." Little ladies don't scream as vociferously as little boys, and they are chastised more severely for throwing tantrums or showing temper: "high spirits" are expected and therefore tolerated in little boys; docility and resignation are the corresponding traits expected of little girls. Now, we tend to excuse a show of temper by a man where we would not excuse an identical tirade from a woman: women are allowed to fuss and complain, but only a man can bellow in rage.

  Robin Lakoff

  Girl, Children, Women

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• Those who are compelled to paint by force, without being in the necessary mood, can produce only ungainly works, because this profession requires an unruffled temper.

  Titian

  Mood, Paint, Produce

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• A sense of righteousness is even more dangerous than a violent temper.

  Mason Cooley

  Violent, Righteousness, Dangerous

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• If your master is surly, from getting up early
  (And tempers are short in the morning),
  An inopportune joke is enough to provoke
  Him to give you, at once, a month's warning.

  W. S. Gilbert

  Morning, Up Early, Giving

  Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert (2008). “The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan”, p.844, Penguin UK

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• If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am:
  I'm a genuine philanthropist--all other kinds are sham.
  Each little fault of temper and each social defect
  In my erring fellow creatures, I endeavor to correct.

  W. S. Gilbert

  Giving, Attention, Erring

  W. S. Gilbert, Ian C. Bradley (2016). “The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan”, p.537, Oxford University Press

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• The man who is bigger than his job keeps cool. He does not lose his head, he refuses to become rattled, to fly off in a temper. The man who would control others must be able to control himself. There is something admirable, something inspiring, something soul-stirring about a man who displays coolness and courage under extremely trying circumstances. A good temper is not only a business asset. It is the secret of health. The longer you live, the more you will learn that a disordered temper breeds a disordered body.

  B. C. Forbes

  Jobs, Men, Self

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• A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit.

  Hannah More

  Envy, Spirit, Cold

  Hannah More (1862). “The Life of Hannah More: With Selections from Her Correspondence”, p.38

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• What comfort there is in a cheerful spirit! how the heart leaps up to meet a sunshiny face, a merry tongue, an even temper, and a heart which either naturally, or, what is better, from conscientious principle, has learned to take all things on their bright side, believing that the Giver of life being all-perfect Love, the best offering we can make to Him is to enjoy to the full what He sends of good, and bear what He allows of evil!

  Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

  Believe, Heart, Offering

  "A Woman's Thoughts About Women" by Dinah Maria Murlock Craik, (Ch. 10), 1858.

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• The truly great and good, in affliction, bear a countenance more princely than they are wont; for it is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palm-tree, to strive most upwards when it is most burdened.

  Philip Sidney

  Heart, Adversity, Tree

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• More than half the difficulties of the world would be allayed or removed by the exhibition of good temper.

  Arthur Helps

  Would Be, Half, World

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