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Quotations on Temper 19 Quotes Found Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. 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. 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. That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds. 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. 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. The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do. A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. 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. A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. 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. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. 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. Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety." We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum. A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. |
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