Temper Quotes

Control your temper. Remember, you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry.

Dale Carnegie

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

Chuck Norris

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

Robert Frost

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Charles Dickens

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

James Matthew Barrie

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

Bruce Lee

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

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Thomas Paine

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

Charles Spurgeon

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Robert Frost

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Aaron Feddersen

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Blaise Pascal

A lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper -- a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or less uncomfortable.

Charles Dickens

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Tryon Edwards

I closed my eyes, put blinders on, and ignored what was too painful to think about. I tried to view my troubles less seriously, and worry less. I tried to curb my temper. Things said in embarrassment and anger are seldom the truth, but are said to hurt and wound the other person. Once said, they can never be taken back.

Lucille Dsire Ball
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