I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.
Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.
Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war.
Lose your temper and you lose the fight.
My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.
I've struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
My childhood was marked by seizures, which my family interpreted as temper tantrums.
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness.
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book. People who are fond of books know the feeling of irritation which sweeps over them at such a moment. The temp...
.. is there not one true coin for which all things ought to exchange?- and that is wisdom; and only in exchange for this, and in company with this, is anything truly bought or sold, whether courage, temperance or justice. And is not all true virtue t...
I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered.
My mum calls my temper 'Devilman.' They say you calm down with age, but I don't know. It never goes away.
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
The souls of heroes are forged by the gods and tempered with the pain of life.
I lost my temper today. Fuck it. Whoever finds it can keep it.
