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.
Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.
A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.
I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.
A lot of life is dealing with your curse, dealing with the cards you were given that aren't so nice. Does it make you into a monster, or can you temper it in some way, or accept it and go in some other direction?
Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.
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.
It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.