Temper Quotes - Page 7

• Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs.

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Writing, Ink

  William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.173

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• Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you always developed a strategy before you hit, always played within your capabilities, never lost you temper, and never got down on yourself.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Strategy, Lost

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• A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Happiness, Unhappy, States

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• As I age I am grateful to find that a silence has begun to gather in me, coexisting with my tempers and my fears, unchanged by my joys or my pain. Sanctuary. Connected to the Silence everywhere.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Pain, Grateful, Joy

  Rachel Naomi Remen (2006). “Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.197, Penguin

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• 'Tis certain that a serious attention to the sciences and liberal arts softens and humanizes the temper, and cherishes those fine emotions in which true virtue and honor consist. It rarely, very rarely happens that a man of taste and learning is not, at least, an honest man, whatever frailties may attend him.

  David Hume

  Art, Honesty, Science

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• After Gibbs, one the most distinguished [American scientists] was Langley, of the Smithsonian. ... He had the physicist's heinous fault of professing to know nothing between flashes of intense perception. ... Rigidly denying himself the amusement of philosophy, which consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems, and liked to wander past them in a courteous temper, even bowing to them distantly as though recognizing their existence, while doubting their respectibility.

  Henry Adams

  Philosophy, Knowledge, Science

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• So great an advantage is given to sin and Satan by your temper and disposition, that without extraordinary watchfulness, care, and diligence, they will prevail against your soul.

  John Owen

  Soul, Care, Sin

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• I hated tobacco. I could have almost lent my support to any institution that had for its object the putting of tobacco smokers to death...I now feel that smoking in moderation is a comfortable and laudable practice, and is productive of good. There is no more harm in a pipe than in a cup of tea. You may poison yourself by drinking too much green tea, and kill yourself by eating too many beefsteaks. For my part, I consider that tobacco, in moderation, is a sweetener and equalizer of the temper.

  Thomas Huxley

  Drinking, Practice, Support

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• I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my daughters to be that way, and I'm now constantly telling them not to do that.

  Amy Chua

  Daughter, Mother, Yelling

  "Amy Chua: 'I'm going to take all your stuffed animals and burn them!'". Interview with Heather Hodson, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2011.

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• The death of God represents not only the realization that gods have never existed, but the contention that such a belief is no longer even irrationally possible: that neither reason nor the taste and temper of the times condones it. The belief lingers on, of course, but it does so like astrology or a faith in a flat earth.

  William H. Gass

  Astrology, Realization, Earth

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• The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas. They inspire liberal feelings, create a harmony of temper, favorable to a sense of justice and a habit of moderation in our social intercourse.

  Joel Barlow

  Education, Art, Ideas

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• In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.

  Owen Feltham

  Patience, Motivation, Business

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• There were times when I thought I got a bit more punishment than was coming to me, but I don't regret a minute of it now. Each of us must be tempered in some fire. Nobody had more to do with choosing the fire that tempered me than myself, and instead of finding fault with the fire I give thanks that I had the metal to take the temper and hold it.

  Jack Black

  Regret, Fire, Punishment

  Jack Black (2013). “You Can't Win”, p.216, Simon and Schuster

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• When you lose your temper, you lose yourself—on the mat as well as in life.

  Joe Hyams

  Losing Yourself, Wells, Loses

  Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.70, Bantam

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• A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.

  George Grenville

  Wise, Government, Political

  Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, George Grenville (1769). “The Speech of a Right Honourable Gentleman, on the Motion for Expelling Mr. Wilkes, Friday, February 3, 1769”, p.41

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• The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.

  Gautama Buddha

  Change, Wise, Buddhist

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• If you understand our salary cap, you have to be logical. If Barry Sanders , for instance, came out of retirement, if we were interested we probably couldn't get real interested. So you've got to temper your enthusiasm with the reality of our situation.

  Jon Gruden

  Retirement, Real, Salary

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• Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray, was always his mistress. He was never without an object, for when we cease to have an object, we become like an invalid in a hospital waiting for death.

  Thomas Paine

  Life, Waiting, Forever

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• Charlotte slammed the paper down onto her desk with an exclamation of rage. “Aloysius Starkweather is the most stubborn, hypocritical, obstinate, degenerate—” She broke off, clearly fighting for control of her temper. Tessa had never seen Charlotte’s mouth so firmly set into a hard line. “Would you like a thesaurus?” Will inquired. “You seem to be running out of words.

  Cassandra Clare

  Running, Fighting, Stubborn

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.526, Simon and Schuster

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• I suspect it was...the old story of the implacable necessity of a man having honour within his own natural spirit. A man cannot live and temper his mettle without such honour. There is deep in him a sense of the heroic quest; and our modern way of life, with its emphasis on security, its distrust of the unknown and its elevation of abstract collective values has repressed the heroic impulse to a degree that may produce the most dangerous consequences.

  Laurens van der Post

  Hero, Men, Degrees

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• The rage that had expolded inside me diffused. I didn't know where it had come from. I had a short temper and often acted impulsively,but this had been intense and ugly even for me. Weird.

  Richelle Mead

  Ugly, Intense, Rage

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.198, Penguin

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• You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby's diaper, forgive your boss's temper, tolerate your spouse's moodiness, you display traces of saintliness.

  Max Lucado

  Baby, Self, Boss

  Max Lucado (2011). “Live Loved: Experiencing God's Presence in Everyday Life”, p.94, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late.

  Joseph Campbell

  Regret, War, Ignorance

  Joseph Campbell (2008). “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, p.101, New World Library

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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 free government; that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.

  Edmund Burke

  Letting Go, Powerful, Reflection

  Edmund Burke (1912). “Reflections on the French Revolution”, p.251, CUP Archive

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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 happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Strong, Together, Hot

  Louisa May Alcott (2016). “The 'Little Women' Trilogy (Illustrated)”, p.259, ShandonPress

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