Temper Quotes - Page 9

• I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.

  Dirk Bogarde

  Years, Twenties, Loses

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• Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty, and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper, and Tossing of the mind. Cultivate - Cosmic Love, Forgiveness and Patience. Hate - Lust, Anger, and Pride.

  Sivananda

  Honesty, Hate, Character

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• We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our lusts, we overcome our fears, we overcome our pettiness on the basis of the blood of the Lamb.

  D. A. Carson

  Brother, Blood, Lust

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• 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 no farther than the end of our nose. This great world is a mirror where we must see ourselves in order to know ourselves. There are so many different tempers, so many different points of view, judgments, opinions, laws and customs to teach us to judge wisely on our own, and to teach our judgment to recognize its imperfection and natural weakness.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Men, Mirrors, Views

  "The Necessity for Ruins, and Other Topics". Book by John Brinckerhoff Jackson, p. 4, 1980.

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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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• 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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• The old middle-class prerogative of being permanently in a most filthy temper.

  John Mortimer

  Class, Luck, Middle

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• I’m just trying to get people to understand horses. You have to be consistent and logical, use your brain, and not be emotional and not lose your temper.

  Buck Brannaman

  Horse, Emotional, People

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• I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Sorry, Upset

  "Did Coach Knight Get the Punishment He Deserved?". "TalkBack Live", www.cnn.com. May 16, 2000.

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• 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 country, but San Francisco has that moody thing going on, those blues notes wrapped in moisture, an atmosphere that tempers California dreaming and makes life more real. The fog brings reality, but it is still a California reality, one spent outdoors the whole year round.

  Eric Maisel

  Dream, Country, Beach

  Eric Maisel (2010). “A Writer's San Francisco: A Guided Journey for the Creative Soul”, p.7, New World Library

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• There's an inverse relationship between my temper and my ability to control my accent. If you hear me say 'Fiddledeedee', run for the hills, because I'm getting ready to take out bystanders.

  Molly Harper

  Running, Bystanders, Hills

  Molly Harper (2011). “How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• I have to work hard to be punctual, to not lose my temper, take direction and be told what to do - and most of all listen rather than talk.

  Alfie Allen

  Hard Work, Loses, Punctual

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

  Pietro Aretino

  Suffering, Contentment, Merit

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• I never liked anyone who didn't have a temper. If you don't have a temper, you don't have any passion.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Passion, Catchy, Ifs

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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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• Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Cheer, Drinking, Beer

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• I do not believe in free will. Schopenhauer's words: 'Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills,' accompany me in all situations throughout my life and reconcile me with the actions of others, even if they are rather painful to me. This awareness of the lack of free will keeps me from taking myself and my fellow men too seriously as acting and deciding individuals, and from losing my temper.

  Albert Einstein

  Believe, Men, Acting

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• The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without strife. The greatest directors of men are those who yield place to others. This is called the Virtue of not striving, the capacity for directing mankind; this is being the compeer of Heaven. It was the highest goal of the ancients.

  Laozi

  Humility, Men, Yield

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• Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness with a laugh. Nothing is blessed forever.

  Horace

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Cheer

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• Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.

  James Gould Cozzens

  Real, Second Chance, Uprising

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• life is of no value but as it brings gratifications. among the most valuable of these is rational society. it informs the mind, sweetens the temper, chears our spirits, and promotes health.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Educational, Mind, Spirit

  Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786”, p.249, Cosimo, Inc.

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• There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: recklessness, which leads to destruction; cowardice, which leads to capture; a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; a delicacy of honour, which is sensitive to shame; over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Men

  Sun Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, Booklassic

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• Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.

  Joseph Addison

  Philosophy, Light, Guilt

  Joseph Addison, Inchbald (1816). “Cato: a tragedy in five acts”, p.13

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• So in regard to mental qualities, their transmission is manifest in our dogs, horses and other domestic animals. Besides special tastes and habits, general intelligence, courage, bad and good tempers. etc., are certainly transmitted.

  Charles Darwin

  Dog, Horse, Animal

  Charles Darwin (2015). “The Descent of Man: Human Sexuality”, p.26, 谷月社

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