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Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade. -- James M. Barrie
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. -- Bruce Lee
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -- Chuck Norris
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. -- Baltasar Gracian
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. -- Thomas Paine
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. -- Robert Frost
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. -- Charles Dickens
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. -- Oscar Wilde
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly. -- Antisthenes
Good temper is an estate for life. -- William Hazlitt
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. -- William Hazlitt
My father taught me that losing your temper is a self-indulgent act. -- Hugh Jackman
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I don't have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit -- Elizabeth Taylor
The difficult part of good temper consists in forbearance, and accommodation to the ill-humors of others. -- William Empson
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Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. -- Washington Irving
It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism. -- George Eliot
It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves. -- C. S. Lewis
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT, YOU CAN AFFORD TO KEEP YOUR TEMPER; AND WHEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE IT. -- Chester Bowles
A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion. -- William Cowper
Temper justice with mercy. -- John Milton
Temper your future actions. -- Tom DeLay
Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man. -- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it. -- Jack Nicklaus
Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive. -- Cassandra Clare
Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there. -- Mark Twain
Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them. -- Daniel Handler
Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow; Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune. -- Horace
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.' -- Francis Quarles
Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference. -- Bette Davis
Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. -- Washington Irving
We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself. -- Louis D. Brandeis
The Temper Trap's 'Sweet Disposition' is an invigorating song. It's my mental cue to let go of stress, disconnect from my career and connect to my body and my spirit. -- Mylene Dinh-Robic
The acquisition of True Temper broadens our lawn and garden product line with outstanding, highly respected brands, ... The purchase also expands USI Hardware and Tool's customer base and provides additional capacity for future growth. -- David A. Clarke, Jr
Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our Nation; that 'tis hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a Gentleman, should plead for't. -- John Locke
If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him. -- Sun Tzu
Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper. -- Louis XIV
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. -- Joseph Joubert
We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority. -- Alfred Adler
I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary. -- Eva Mendes
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away. -- Charles Dickens
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do. -- Horace
I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top. -- John Keats
Stupid people do make me lose my temper and most people are stupid, fortunately for me. It's made it easier for me to make a living. -- Albert Gubay
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. -- Edmund Burke
Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them. -- Honore de Balzac
Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect woman. Not for boys, who can be themselves with their mood and their temper. -- Claire Denis
Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately. -- Edward Weston
Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else, this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion. -- Norman Schwarzkopf
A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, or HIV. I hate to say it - none of these make one an artist. They can help, but just as being gay doesn't make one witty... the only thing that makes one an artist is making art. -- David Rakoff
My father wasn't perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there. -- Adam Sandler
I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass, and I'm very confrontational, and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in. -- Denise Mina
Opportunity seldom rises with blood pressure. -- Jarod Kintz
If you lose your temper, you lose! -- Richard Diaz
Nasty temper he's got, that Sirius Black. -- J. K. Rowling
Lose your temper and you lose the fight. -- Margaret Atwood
When I lose my temper, honey, you can't find it any place. -- Ava Gardner
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred. -- Thomas Jefferson
I lost my temper today. Fuck it. Whoever finds it can keep it. -- Jarod Kintz
Good temper in the business of daily life is like oil to machinery. -- George E. Sargent
He [Jesus] had a terrible temper, you know, undoubtedly inherited from His Father. -- Robertson Davies
I've seen what you're going to understand, dear.It made me patient when confronting your temper. -- Toba Beta
Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride, bridles the tongue. -- George Horne
The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama. -- George Eliot
Women's Tongues are as sharp as two-edged Swords, and wound as much, when they are anger'd. -- Margaret Cavendish
I have been quite put out of temper this morning and someone ought to die for it. -- Susanna Clarke
The sin of quick anger is an idol of the heart that is not dying to our own rights. -- Ron Pearce
When a man wears his pants that tight, they tend to pinch his balls, and that tends to pinch his temper. -- Anne Bishop
Whatever thing a man gets quickly enraged about is his idol, and whatever thing he makes his idol becomes his religion. -- Criss Jami
The fuck are you staring at? I hiss at the stranger staring at me in my rearview. Oh, wait, that's me. -- Sean Murphy
Tempers are temporary, but hateful and hurtful words can be remembered forever. Leave a legacy of love and say only kind things. -- Jarod Kintz
It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while handling them. -- Richelle E. Goodrich
There are things that man is not meant to interfere with, and the robust yet fragile temper of a woman is one of them. -- youssef
Patience is so valuable I'm willing to wait forever to achieve it. And while I wait, I may as well get busy being short-tempered. -- Jarod Kintz
. . . the sole aim of Okinawa Karate is to teach A person to handle violence and violent individuals; whether it is tactile, mental or spiritual -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Silvia Dunne's voice sounded calm and even, but April knew her mother was like a grenade with the pin out - she could explode any minute. -- Mia James
On of the prerequisites for my mobile phone is that I have to be able to fling it at a wall if I lose my temper. -- Sara Sheridan
A person's true character lies somewhere until after you might have pressed the wrong button without knowing, then you'll realize that there are dogs in human form. -- Michael Bassey Johnson
I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life? -- Ben Carson
What irritates me most of all about these morning people is their horribly good temper, as if they have been up for three hours and already conquered France. -- Timur Vermes
I guess you've got a spice of temper," commented Mr. Harrison, surveying the flushed cheeks and indignant eyes opposite him. "It goes with hair like yours, I reckon -- L.M. Montgomery
My pride had risen up and whopped me in the face. I don't lose my temper a lot, but when I do, I make a good job of it. -- Charlaine Harris
There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination to pitch Mr. Thomas Gradgrind Junior. -- Charles Dickens
Self-control is a divided battle in one body. The "self" produces desires that "you" must battle with and kick off. Two wrestlers in one body. Just imagine. It's difficult, though rewarding! -- Israelmore Ayivor
A man who called everyone a damn fool is like a man who damns the weather. He only shows that he is not adapted to his environment, not that the environment is wrong. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
I understand her immediately. She is an instigator, a fire starter, an accelerant of a human being, throwing herself into the middle of a crowd and lighting it up. She is fucking lighter fluid. -- Marjorie Celona
We ought never to lose our tempers with people who, when we find them at fault, begin to snigger. They do so not because they are laughing at us, but because they are afraid of our displeasure. -- Marcel Proust
Anyone can get angry, but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for everyone, nor is it easy. -- Aristotle
And the way you lost your temper!" went on Wallis enthusiastically. "Oh, Mr. Allan, it was beautiful! You haven't been more than to say snarly since the accident! It was so like the way you used to throw hair-brushes-- -- Margaret Widdemer
Lingering, bottled-up anger never reveals the 'true colors' of an individual. It, on the contrary, becomes all mixed up, rotten, confused, forms a highly combustible, chemical compound then explodes as something foreign, something very different than one's natural self. -- Criss Jami
He had hit with his closed fist and knocked her sprawling. It took talent to make Wyatt lose his temper, but Jessie knew just how to do it, and did it mainly just to have something happening. Pouring whiskey from bottle to glass was boring work. -- Larry McMurtry
He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself). -- J. R. R. Tolkien
Why was it that her temper and her thinking never happened at the same time? Her temper behaved like a glutton sitting in an expensive restaurant ordering a hundred dishes, only to disappear when the bill came due. It left her lucid mind to do dishes. -- Ann Brashares
So, what you're saying is that I bring out your book - wielding, short tempered side?" He hooked his foot through the straps of my backpack and brought in front of him. "Removing temptation."I gave him a look that communicated he should wither and die. -- Lani Woodland
There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general:(1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction;(2) cowardice, which leads to capture;(3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults;(4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame;(5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble. -- Sun Tzu
She was fierce, quick to anger, her temper terrifying and unpredictable, her words deeply damaging when she wanted them to be. Because she had almost no need for people, she had no trouble hurting them. It seemed to enlarge her, give her strength. Quinn told her she had "poison blood". -- Marjorie Celona
Our natures own predilections and antipathies alike strange. There are people from whom we secretly shrink, whom we would personally avoid, though reason confesses that they are good people: there are others with faults of temper, &c., evident enough, beside whom we live content, as if the air about them did us good. -- Charlotte Bronte
I have a hell-fire temper. -- CeeLo Green
Avoid letting temper block progress-keep cool. -- William Feather
Don't lose your temper; use it. -- Dolly Parton
I rarely lose my temper anymore. -- Mel Gibson
Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar. -- Lewis Carroll
Never lose your temper, except intentionally. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
I lost my temper on stage. -- Michael Richards
Why, what a temper you are in! -- Lewis Carroll
A man's fate is his own temper. -- Benjamin Disraeli
I still have a temper, I suppose. -- John Malkovich
A person's fate is their own temper. -- Benjamin Disraeli
Religion is a temper, not a pursuit. -- Harriet Martineau
The wise man never loses his temper. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. -- Evelyn Waugh
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. -- Khalil Gibran
In theology the conservative temper tends to formalism. -- Edith Hamilton
But certain winds will make men's temper bad. -- George Eliot
I don't have a problem with my temper. -- Tommy Lee
An awful lot has been written about my temper. -- Norman Schwarzkopf
Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion. -- Naomi Campbell

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