Dumb.com >> Quotes >> Temperance Quotes >>
Temperance Quotes
This section contains Temperance Quotes


I've learned how to temper my personality to take things as they are, like when people get upset at work and get in my face. I don't have to react. (Quote by - Brian Simon)

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

There are three whose lives are lacking: the over-compassionate, the hot-tempered, and the too-squeamish (Quote by - The Talmud)

I'm really trying to work on changing my reputation (for) having a huge attitude and bad temper and the whole thing. (Quote by - Pat Perez)

Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body. (Quote by - Theodore Parker)

It is all nonsense about not being able to work without ale and cider and fermented liquors. Do lions and cart-horses drink ale? (Quote by - Sydney Smith)

Sturdy product inventories should help to temper market fears of energy shortages, and should help cajole broader energy prices lower in the next few weeks. (Quote by - Rakesh Shankar)

He who wishes to put on the yellow dress without having cleansed himself from sin, who disregards temperance and truth, is unworthy of the yellow dress. (Quote by - Friedrich Max Muller)

I'm sorry for losing my temper following the race, but after a day or two of looking back at the race it's easy to realize that it's just not that big of a deal compared with what the people of the Gulf Coast are still going through. (Quote by - Robby Gordon)

Unfortunate impracticability of temper and spirit of opposition of those in authority over oneself misled oneself into frequent collision with my predecessors. (Quote by - Thomas Mitchell)

A Spartan, being asked why his people drank so little, replied: "That we may consult concerning others, and not others concerning us." (Quote by - Plutarch)

I think there's a lot of similarities, but John manages his temper a lot better. (Quote by - Adam Pine)

I think what Garth was doing was indulging himself, having a bit of a temper tantrum to get back at Stephen Harper. (Quote by - Ezra Levant)

I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations. (Quote by - Vance Havner)

Men live best on moderate means: Nature has dispensed to all men wherewithal to be happy, if mankind did but understand how to use her gifts. (Quote by - Claudian)

I have a little bit of a temper, but it's ... a useless temper, ... It doesn't accomplish anything, generally. It's just a lot of ranting and raving and nothing, so David (Chase) probably saw that and put it into the character. (Quote by - James Gandolfini)

I'm not pretending I'm not a nice guy. I'm not pretending I don't have a temper. (Quote by - James Moore)

A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use (Quote by - Washington Irving)

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it (Quote by - Sean O'Casey)

We expect Oracle could appreciate at a more tempered rate over the intermediate term as fourth-quarter ... license revenues were muted by sluggish database growth, with strong earnings-per-share upside on continued margin expansion. (Quote by - Chris Shilakes)

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. (Quote by - William Hazlitt)

Keep your temper,' said the Caterpillar (Quote by - Lewis Carroll)

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)

I'm not a fighter, trust me. But I am someone who can get angry. I have a temper at times. Sometimes it gets the best of you no matter how you manage it. (Quote by - Jeff Gordon)

For once I'm not the guy losing my temper all the time. (Quote by - James Gandolfini)

Pages:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10