Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

- Charles Dickens

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.

- Evelyn Waugh

I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.

- Dirk Bogarde

My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America.

- Desi Arnaz

He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.

- David Hume

To lose your temper is only useful once a year.

- Colin R. Davis

I've started meditating, but I do have a quick temper.

- Casey Wilson

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

- Cal Ripken, Jr.

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

- Chuck Norris

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.

- Charles Dickens

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.

- Alfred Adler

I have a hell-fire temper.

- CeeLo Green

I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.

- Bernard Ebbers

My dad's more three-dimensional than Opie Taylor or Richie Cunningham. He even has a temper! He's a real person. But some people are disappointed by that.

- Bryce Dallas Howard

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

- Bruce Lee

There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those.

- Bill Parcells

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

- Baltasar Gracian

Stupid people do make me lose my temper and most people are stupid, fortunately for me. It's made it easier for me to make a living.

- Albert Gubay

When I on set as a director I crazy. My temper is not that good.

- Andrew Lau

I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my daughters to be that way, and I'm now constantly telling them not to do that.

- Amy Chua