Temper Quotes

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

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

When I lose my temper it's because I decide to. If I do something it's because I want to do it.

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

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

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

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

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

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

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

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.

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

I still have a temper, I suppose.

I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved.

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

I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.

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

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

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.