Temperance Quotes
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Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Temperance is the wisdom to know that not every constructive job requires a hammer. (Quote by - Wes Fessler)
That cardinal virtue, temperance. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)
Abstinence is whereby a man refraineth from any thyng which he may lawfully take. (Quote by - Sir Thomas Elyot)
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away. (Quote by - Charles Dickens)
O temperance, thou fortune without envy; thou universal medicine of life, that clears the head and cleanses the blood, eases the stomach, strengthens the nerves, and perfects digestion. (Quote by - Sir William Temple)
The acquisition of True Temper broadens our lawn and garden product line with outstanding, highly respected brands, ... The purchase also expands USI Hardware and Tool's customer base and provides additional capacity for future growth. (Quote by - David Clarke)
Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
Knowest thou not the beauty of thine own face? Quit this temper that leads thee to war with thyself. (Quote by - Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow. (Quote by - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
Temperance is reason's girdle and passion's bridle, the strength of the soul and the foundation of virtue. (Quote by - Jeremy Taylor)
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do. (Quote by - Horace)
If anything, these last two years have taught us that we should temper our expectations. (Quote by - Dan Culloton)
A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible in the latter (Quote by - George Grenville)
Temperance, in the nobler sense, does not mean a subdued and imperfect energy; it does not mean a stopping short in any good thing, as in love and in faith; but it means the power which governs the most intense energy, and prevents its acting in way but as it ought. (Quote by - John Ruskin)
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice (Quote by - Thomas Paine)
I don't really mind this although sometimes I get afraid of Willy. I get afraid of his temper. You never know what he's going to do. (Quote by - Taylor Branch)
Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace. (Quote by - Buddha)
Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty, for in my youth I never did apply hot and rebellious liquors in my blood. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
But you should never let that gentle personality fool you - he could have a temper at times. (Quote by - Charlie Creamer)
Argumentative, screaming and yelling, temper tantrums, anxiety attacks, the works. (Quote by - Ron Furman)
Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety (Quote by - Francis Quarles)
O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook. (Quote by - John Milton)
The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Men live best upon a little; Nature has given to all the privilege of being happy, if they but knew how to use their gifts. (Quote by - Claudian)
Management may temper that outlook slightly given the ongoing difficulty in the PC environment. (Quote by - Christopher Shilakes)
Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge: All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge. (Quote by - James Russell Lowell)
Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and noble temper. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
He did have a temper, but I never saw him strike anybody. (Quote by - Sandra Angle)
Temperance: Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit down without one of the gods. (Quote by - D.H. Lawrence)
The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care (Quote by - Sir Philip Sidney)
I discovered that John's temper could be frightening, (Quote by - Cynthia Lennon)
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly. (Quote by - Antisthenes)
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passions (Quote by - St. Thomas Aquinas)
I blame him for losing his temper, but I blame her for bringing him into our house. She let that abuse happen. (Quote by - Mandinga Browne)
Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would; every inebriate would if he could. (Quote by - J. B. Gough)
Guidance for 2006 and the long-term is likely to temper expectations, while potentially setting a base for upside. (Quote by - Dan Ford)
Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st. (Quote by - John Milton)
Temperance is the nurse of chastity. (Quote by - William Wycherley)
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife (Quote by - Bible)
If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself. (Quote by - Joseph Farrell)
I temper my enthusiasm for the way we played defense because of the fact that they've been on the road forever. (Quote by - Mike Krzyzewski)
And last but not least, Harriet Peabody, who is local temperance (and) is going to stop any alcohol. Apparently there really was a woman like this in the 20s, who was famous for carrying an axe around. (Quote by - Cassandra Hesseltine)
There was no malicious intent. Maybe his temper was a little shorter than normal. I don't think it was that bad. (Quote by - Mickey Arthur)
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. (Quote by - Joseph Joubert)
I've got a temper that every so often can come up and surprise me ... (Quote by - Barry Otto)
There were some tempers that flared and got out of whack for about two days and then festered some over the winter, which did concern me. It's been taken care of now. (Quote by - Terry Ryan)
The smaller the drink, the clearer the head, and the cooler the blood. (Quote by - William Penn)
Fools! not to know how far an humble lot Exceeds abundance by injustice got; How health and temperance bless the rustic swain, While luxury destroys her pamper'd train. (Quote by - Hesiod)
A person's fate is their own temper. (Quote by - Benjamin Disraeli)
Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow. (Quote by - John Neal)
With riotous banquets, sicknesses came in, When death 'gan muster all his dismal band Of pale diseases. (Quote by - Thomas May)
We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself (Quote by - Samuel Butler)
It's all tempered by the fact we weren't as successful a team as we should have been, ... We ended up 5-11 and it was a disappointing season. (Quote by - Brian Griese)
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. (Quote by - Frances E. Willard)
Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced. (Quote by - Cyrus Augustus Bartol)
Except thou desire to hasten thine end, take this for a general rule, that thou never add any artificial heat to thy body by wine or spice. (Quote by - Sir Walter Raleigh (1))
It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves (Quote by - C.S. Lewis)
This sort of thing has happened in the past. … Do you have trouble controlling your temper? (Quote by - David Letterman)
Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental. (Quote by - Doug Plank)
Tempers need to cool, (Quote by - Jacques Chirac)
Joy, temperance, and repose slam the door on the doctor's nose. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
It's an unfortunate consequence of American history. Gambling is exactly like demon rum was 75 years ago when the temperance movement was agitating. Once you demonize something, it becomes difficult to look at it in any rational way. (Quote by - Eugene Christiansen)
I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way. (Quote by - Julia Roberts)
A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion. (Quote by - William Cowper)
O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven! Keep me in temper. I would not be mad. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles (Quote by - Patrick Henry)
As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my mother said to me, "Elizabeth, anyone who angers you conquers you." (Quote by - Elizabeth Kenny)
It is my hope that Judge Roberts would play a role similar to Justice O'Connor's on the court and bring with him a voice defined by temperance and open-mindedness, (Quote by - Dianne Feinstein)
I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top. (Quote by - John Keats)
The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness. (Quote by - Anacharsis)
I was quite the spoiled brat. I have quite a temper, obviously inherited from my father, and I became very good at ordering everyone around. I was the princess; the staff were absolutely terrified of me. (Quote by - Lisa Marie Presley)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. (Quote by - Proverb)
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The consumer still has life. It does temper the overall gain, but we're still going to see the consumer spending this quarter. (Quote by - Robert Brusca)
Of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution as to warm without heating, to cheer but not inebriate. (Quote by - Bishop George Berkeley)
He's my backbone. He's taught me a lot. For starters, he tempered me down. (Quote by - Kareena Kapoor)
It's all a question of when do you want to try and temper things. At this point, there's no immediate danger and I don't think the Fed's actions are meant to slow the economy. (Quote by - Bob DiClemente)
The temper you saw on the set was his personality. (Quote by - Michael Douglas)
She must temper her anger and frustration. We have work too hard to lose the public relations battle. (Quote by - Johnny Anderson)
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. (Quote by - Charles Kingsley)
If you wish to keep the mind clear and the body healthy, abstain from all fermented liquors. (Quote by - Sydney Smith)
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before Mayst rule it, as thou list: and pour the shame, Which it would pour on thee, upon the floor. It is most just to throw that on the ground, Which would throw me there, if I keep the round. (Quote by - George Herbert)
Look at the temper on her. What does Michael have to put up with? (Quote by - Chris Evans)
He who would keep himself to himself should imitate the dumb animals, and drink water. (Quote by - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton)
Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come; And health from either--he in time prepares For sickness, age, and their attendant cares. (Quote by - George Crabbe)
Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred. (Quote by - M. Kathleen Casey)
Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance. (Quote by - John Milton)
Through their passion for men, through their mutable temper, through their natural heartlessness, they become disloyal towards their husbands, however carefully they may be guarded in this ,world . (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness. (Quote by - Benjamin Robert Haydon)
As the sword of the best tempered metal is most flexible, so the truly generous are most pliant and courteous in their behavior to their inferiors (Quote by - Thomas Fuller)
The month of May was a counter-trend rally where investors used good news as a reason to temper their bearishness and cancel out short-selling contracts. (Quote by - Sam Stovall)
The 'O' in GOP sometimes stands for overreact, and given the chance to throw a temper tantrum, they will. (Quote by - Bill Whalen)
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. (Quote by - Arthur Helps)
If it is a small sacrifice to discontinue the use of wine, do it for the sake of others; if it is a great sacrifice, do it for your own. (Quote by - Samuel Joseph May)
It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
I try to take control out there. If someone's losing their temper, I try to get them back in line and focused back on the game instead of what the fans are hollering or what the other team's saying. (Quote by - Clay Oney)
His escapades with his temper didn't fit the district. The normal man on the street was embarrassed. (Quote by - John Dadian)
Higher mortgage rates that we have witnessed over the last six months are starting to temper demand for the housing sector. (Quote by - Stan Shipley)
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health. (Quote by - Lord Chesterfield)
Temperance is a bridle of gold; he who uses it rightly, is more like a god than a man. (Quote by - Robert Burton)
He is always soft spoken. He is never indignant and does not loose his temper. His mind is free from fear. He speaks softly and treats everybody with respect. (Quote by - Sam Veda)
Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
And he that will to bed go sober, Falls with the leaf still in October. (Quote by - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)
Probation is not right. People of ordinary temper do not solve that problem by picking up a gun and firing six times. Do not get lost in the definition of sudden passion. (Quote by - Mia Magness)
I know all about his (no-show) reputation and his temper. But I'm pretty darn confident he'll be here. I talked with him personally, and then with his agent. (Quote by - Louie Andrus)
If temperance prevails, then education can prevail; if temperance fails, then education must fail. (Quote by - Horace Mann)
My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health. (Quote by - Robert E. Lee)
The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance. (Quote by - Christian Nevell Bovee)
Great men should drink with harness on their throats. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
If you lose your temper at a newspaper columnist, he'll get rich or famous or both. (Quote by - James C. Hagerty)
A temperate Diet frees from Diseases; such are seldom ill, but if they are surprised with Sickness, they bear it better, and recover sooner; for most Distempers have their Original from Repletion. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
The initial number is stronger than expected. The six-month outlook has come back to temper that. (Quote by - Lisa Finstrom)
Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade. (Quote by - James Matthew Barrie)
In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time (Quote by - Owen Felltham)
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)
We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority (Quote by - Alfred Adler)
A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness (Quote by - Robert Southey)
An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper (Quote by - Kahlil Gibran)
He's trying to use the strategy of Greenspan-speak - to temper homebuyers' euphoria. (Quote by - Jonathan Miller)
Righteous indignation: your own wrath as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others (Quote by - Elbert Hubbard)
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. (Quote by - Charles Dickens)
Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness. (Quote by - Richard Mentor Johnson)
The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives alms, or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God. (Quote by - William Law)
Joy and Temperance and Repose - Slam the door on the doctor's nose (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. (Quote by - Charles H. Spurgeon)
Religion is a temper, not a pursuit. (Quote by - Harriet Martineau)
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. (Quote by - William Butler Yeats)
These guys grew up hitting it hard and wanting to hit it hard. You can always learn to temper it. It's hard to go the other way, learning to hit it straight first. (Quote by - Brian Craig)
A lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper -- a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or less uncomfortable. (Quote by - Charles Dickens)
He threw a temper tantrum with a spray can. (Quote by - John Aragon)
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. (Quote by - Chuck Norris)
Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. (Quote by - William James)
Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment. (Quote by - William Warburton)
Nonvoting is a fruitless temper tantrum. (Quote by - Bruce Wright)
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances (Quote by - David Hume)
Satan o'ercomes none but by willingness. (Quote by - Robert Herrick)
The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume, but a good stomach excels them all; to which nothing contributes more than industry and temperance. (Quote by - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne)
I knew he had a short temper, but I never thought he would take something that far. He could have come to me for help. He didn't even tell me anything. (Quote by - George Cline)
If the cut of the costume indicates intellect and talent, then the color indicates temper and heart. (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. (Quote by - Robert Frost)
Health consists with temperance alone. (Quote by - Alexander Pope)
He owned and operated a ferocious temper (Quote by - Thomas Russell Ybarra)
Cultivate a sweet temper and the sweet speech which is its natural consequence. (Quote by - Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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)
Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try. (Quote by - Cervantes)
Abstinence is the surety of temperance. (Quote by - Plato)
Philosophy, religious solitude And labour wait on temperance; in these is desire bounded; they instruct the mind's And body's action. (Quote by - Nabb)
Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood. (Quote by - William Allen White)
There is hardly any noble quantity or endowment of the mind but must own temperance, either for its parent or its nurse. (Quote by - Bishop Robert South)
A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate (Quote by - Voltaire)
I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman. (Quote by - Tim Robbins)
Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper. (Quote by - Louis XIV)
Above all, let the poor hang up the amulet of temperance in their homes. (Quote by - Horace Mann)
Our intermediate-term 'strong buy' rating for Intel stands -- first-quarter PC inventory rebuild should temper seasonal weakness. (Quote by - Merrill Lynch)
Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the heroical virtue. (Quote by - Francis Bacon)
We are excited about the earnings growth achieved in the first half of the year, but temper our enthusiasm for the second half purely because we face strong comparisons resulting from last year's solid performance. (Quote by - David Glass)
Once a person is appointed, they are basically independent. If you're president, you want someone who would temper their criticism of you. (Quote by - Drew Matus)
Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that. (Quote by - Charles Dickens)
It's nice to keep busy. It's the most we've brought down here. We've seen other teams in this situation over the years, like Davison and (Temperance) Bedford, and it was our goal to get up to that level, and we're getting there. (Quote by - Don Rinehart)
She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. (Quote by - Jane Austen)
We will taste it in one or two years and continue to experiment with other vintages. We want to temper our enthusiasm with our experience. (Quote by - Paul Pontallier)
We ought to love temperance for itself, and in obedience to God who has commanded it and chastity; but what I am forced to by catarrhs, or owe to the stone, is neither chastity nor temperance. (Quote by - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne)
Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine; but lost time is gone forever (Quote by - Samuel Smiles)
Tempers are short. But I'm surprised that this happened. I can't even understand how a brother could take that step. (Quote by - Chief David Wynn)
Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
I worked on my temper and worked with Jos from 1998 to 2002 on the mental side of the game. (Quote by - Retief Goosen)
I lose my temper, but it's all over in a minute," said the student. "So is the hydrogen bomb," I replied. "But think of the damage it produces! (Quote by - Spencer Tracy)
We all boil at different degrees. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Temper your future actions. (Quote by - Tom DeLay)
In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance. (Quote by - Joseph Joubert)
Each of the major players has tempered their approach by also highlighting higher-priced offerings. (Quote by - Stuart Morris)
Abstinence is easier than temperance (Quote by - Seneca)
If all the world Should in a pet of temp'rance, feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze, Th' All-giver would be unthank'd, would be unprais'd. (Quote by - John Milton)
If he loses his temper that easily, where he has to kick somebody, then what's gonna happen next time when he loses his temper, he may do more damage. (Quote by - Anita Thomas)
It was a hot-tempered day by the defense. Real hot-tempered. (Quote by - Cecil Sapp)
Temperance adds zest to pleasure. (Quote by - Madame Anne Therese de Lambert)
There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and avoids it, is learned and temperate. (Quote by - Socrates)
I don't think it's going to temper earnings that much. But it isn't going to be a positive, that's for sure. (Quote by - Chuck Hill)
A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)
It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism. (Quote by - George Eliot)
Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess (Quote by - Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
I'm sure Ambassador Han deeply regrets that he lost his temper, because the things he said are inexcusable, (Quote by - Christopher Hill)
If you lose your temper, your sound sleep will go, and you will have to use a tranquilizer or sleeping pills… Then gradually, more white hair, wrinkles. (Quote by - Tenzin Gyatso The 14th Dalai Lama)
It's just tough for him to temper that because that's his nature. He's a fireplug, just a fight type of guy. At quarterback, you can't always do that when things go bad. You can tell it on the field – he still shows emotion. (Quote by - Jim Chaney)
Just having this monitoring device will hopefully help to temper some of their urges. (Quote by - Sean Walsh)
Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance (Quote by - Mark Twain)
Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame. (Quote by - William Blake)
The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong. (Quote by - Wilson Mizner)
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right. If a wish wander that way, call it home; He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam. (Quote by - William Cowper)
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper. (Quote by - Friedrich Nietzsche)
Temperance is the control of all the functions of our bodies. The man who refuses liquor, goes in for apple pie and develops a paunch, is no ethical leader for me. (Quote by - John Erskine)
I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good show. (Quote by - Jeanette MacDonald)
People are essentially losing their temper for things that have nothing to do with the act of driving. (Quote by - Mark Edwards)
Thou know'st the o'er-eager vehemence of youth, How quick in temper, and in judgment weak (Quote by - Homer)
Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment. (Quote by - James Gould Cozzens)
We have not seen any glimpse of his legendary, hair- trigger temper or the arrogance that personified his conduct at Enron. (Quote by - Robert Mintz)
She belongs to a Temperance Society and wears one of those badges in the shape of a bow of ribbon to show that she would never take a drink, not even brandy if she were dying. Of course by temperance they all mean the opposite - total abstinence. (Quote by - Elizabeth Taylor)
There is such a term, called 'judge baiting' -- baiting the judge into losing her cool and her temper. I don't know that they (Merck's lawyers) sit around and think that, but anything is possible. (Quote by - Steven Wittels)
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. (Quote by - Bruce Lee)
Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
It's unfortunate. Jose clearly got fouled, and the guy threw an elbow. I wish Jose could have kept his temper, but he retaliated. (Quote by - Paul Retherford)
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. (Quote by - Baltasar Gracian)
Absolutism tempered by assassination. (Quote by - Count Munster)
