Quotes about Temper

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You know I hate, detest, and can't bear a lie, not because I am straighter than the rest of us, but simply because it ap — Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
There is more food in a pennyworth of bread than in a gallon of ale. — Joseph Livesey, A Lecture on Malt Liquor
We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in this world. One child is given a lig — Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too — Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently — Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human
It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while hand — Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
Character and attitude deficiencies are piercing thorns depending your handhold — Angelica Hopes, Landscapes of a Heart, Whispers of a Soul
Though sometimes you need to explain yourself with bitter or better words, he who knows how to speak how matured he is w — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
I understand her immediately. She is an instigator, a fire starter, an accelerant of a human being, throwing herself int — Marjorie Celona, Y
Modesty, not temper. — George Eliot, Middlemarch
Good temper in the business of daily life is like oil to machinery. — George E. Sargent, The Story Of Charles Ogilvie
My temperament and my instinct had told me alike that the author, who writes at his own emergency, remains and needs to — Eudora Welty, On Writing
Avoid having to pump your brakes by keeping your flow on cruise control. — T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"
You are strong, tempered like steel in the fire and by the blows of the hammer of life. Nothing will break you again, on — Christina Engela, Demonspawn
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, Living Dead in Dallas
I lost my temper," I finish. "I lost my temper. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.""Well, no one means to lose their temper, m — Rebecca Harris, The Dead of Winter
Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, an — Steven Pinker
Admire your offenders for they are never your offenders. They are only teachers in the class of forgiveness, tolerance a — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its fligh — Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat
And do you admit that you have a bad temper, a cute car, and a nice girlfriend?”I hold my breath.“I have an amazing girl — Carrie Jones, Need