Temper Quotes

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

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and it always bothered me.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend.

You seem in England to be entirely ignorant of the temper of our people.

My dad's more three-dimensional than Opie Taylor or Richie Cunningham. He even has a temper! He's a real person. But some people are disappointed by that.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.

I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.

I recognize a lot of the things I'm going through. Like, I lose my temper a lot and I become unhinged and kind of hysterical.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.

There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those.

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.