Temper Quotes - Page 8

• 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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• Yes, you make yourself useful, angel boy. Meanwhile, I’ll be in the bathroom.” William’s jet-black hair was dripping wet and plastered to his face. There was a fluffy white towel wrapped around his waist, displaying muscles that rivaled Paris’s own, and a tattooed treasure map that led to his man junk. Looking at his, you could see the makings of a temper so savage anyone who miraculously survived an encounter with him would end up needing therapy. And diapers. “I’ve got to finish deep conditioning my hair.” Or maybe not so savage.

  Gena Showalter

  Angel, Boys, Men

  Gena Showalter (2014). “Lords of the Underworld Collection 3: The Darkest Secret\The Darkest Surrender\The Darkest Seduction”, p.1075, Harlequin

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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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• Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.

  Isaac Barrow

  Design, May, Sin

  Isaac Barrow (1830). “The works of Dr. Isaac Barrow”, p.412

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• After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the temper and humanize the affections, it is certain, that nothing hardens the heart like excessive and unbounded luxury; and he who refuses the fewest gratifications to his own voluptuousness, will generally be found the least susceptible of tenderness for the wants of others.

  Hannah More

  Heart, Luxury, Temptation

  Hannah More (1818). “Thoughts on the Importance of the Manners of the Great, to General Society: An Estimate of the Religion of the Fashionable World. Remarks on the Speech of M. Dupont. And Tracts Written During the Riots of 1817”, p.9

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• For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Tears, Reason, Tendencies

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Twilight: Twilight”, p.19, Hachette UK

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• My temper is under control," he roared, and yep, that display surely convinced Ares.

  Larissa Ione

  Convinced, Display

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• Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.

  Lewis Carroll

  Caterpillars, Said, Alice Adventures In Wonderland

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.97, Delphi Classics

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• You spend hours alone, only with your thoughts, and you torture yourself. It's a tendency of many writers to temper the self-destructive act of writing with other self-destructive acts. I certainly was one of those people for a long time.

  Ben Gibbard

  Writing, Self, Long

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• If all females were not only well educated themselves but were prepared to communicate in an easy manner their stores of knowledge to others; if they not only knew how to regulate their own minds, tempers, and habits but how to effect improvements in those around them, the face of society would be speedily changed.

  Catharine Beecher

  Mind, Faces, Female

  Catharine Esther Beecher (1829). “Suggestions Respecting Improvements in Education: Presented to the Trustees of the Hartford Female Seminary, and Published at Their Request”, p.16

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• Right now, I have some big dreams. But at the same time, if I get annoyed and harassed by the media, I'll just quit. I don't care. We're set for life. I have quite a temper.

  Anna Benson

  Dream, Media, Annoyed

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• An organist who has the sensitivity to quietly play prelude music from the hymnbook tempers our feelings and causes us to go over in our minds the lyrics which teach the peaceable things of the kingdom. If we will listen, they are teaching the gospel, for the hymns of the Restoration are, in fact, a course in doctrine!

  Boyd K. Packer

  Music, Teaching, Play

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• I was much affected by the internal troubles of the Punch family; I thought that with a little more tact on the part of Mrs. Punch and some restraint held over a temper, naturally violent, by Mr. Punch, a great deal of this sad misunderstanding might have been prevented.

  Edmund Gosse

  Littles, Might, Trouble

  Edmund Gosse (2012). “Father and Son”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• You don’t sound very patriotic,” observed Tessa. “Weren’t you just reminiscing about the mountains?” “Patriotic?” Will looked smug. “I’ll tell you what’s patriotic,” he said. “In honor of my birthplace, I’ve the dragon of Wales tattooed on my—” “You’re in a charming temper, aren’t you, William?” interrupted Jem, though there was no edge to his voice.

  Cassandra Clare

  Patriotic, Dragons, Voice

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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• I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to "play polo" with him; i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but to ride side by side with him and gradually edge him off your track. Never lose your temper with him. If you are in the right there is no need to, if you are in the wrong you can't afford to.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Friendship, Young Friends, Play

  Robert Baden-Powell (2013). “Playing the Game: A Baden-Powell Compendium”, p.271, Pan Macmillan

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• For over a century, popular struggles in the democracies have used the nation-state to temper raw capitalism. The power of voters has offset the power of capital. But as national barriers have come down in the name of freer commerce, so has the capacity of governments to manage capitalism in a broad public interest. So the real issue is not "trade" but democratic governance.

  Robert Kuttner

  Real, Struggle, Democracies Have

  "Globalization and Its Critics". The American Prospect, Volume 12, July 2-16, 2001.

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• Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.

  Isaac Watts

  Mind, Calm, Contemplating

  Isaac Watts (1743). “The Improvement of the Mind”, p.185

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• The dishes of the present day are very light, and they have a particular delicacy and perfume. The secret has been discovered of enabling us to eat more and to eat better, as also to digest more rapidly....The new cookery is conductive to health, to good temper, and to long life....Who could enumerate all the dishes of the new cuisine? It is an absolutely new idiom. I have tasted viands prepared in so many ways and fashioned with such art that I could not imagine what they were.

  Louis-Sebastien Mercier

  Art, Light, Long

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• 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 doesn't react. That can be achieved very easily if you try in the mirror, look at yourself and laugh at yourself, make fun of yourself.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Fun

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• I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.

  Bernard Ebbers

  Way, Economy, Lost

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• Conclusion 1: Boredom= Flared tempers= hard words

  Bisco Hatori

  Boredom, Conclusion, Hard Words

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• Vampires bore a grudge longer than any technically living creatures, and whenever they were in a bad temper, they expressed themselves through murder.

  Cassandra Clare

  Vampire, Murder, Grudge

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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