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Quotes About Tempered

Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism.
~ Ayelet Waldman
if we do not believe that, and if our Christian hope, tempered by sophistication, does not allow us to offer that truth to a dying, convulsing world then we are indeed, as the apostle Paul said, of all men most miserable.
~ Philip Yancey
Ambition is ever tempered by experience. Otherwise, fortune makes fools of us all.
~ Mark Kingwell
I am a Liberal, yet I am a Liberal tempered by experience, reflexion, and renouncement, and I am, above all, a believer in culture.
~ Matthew Arnold
Contemplé su noble rostro; noble no por su belleza, sino porque, como el buen metal, había sido templado y golpeado hasta volverse fuerte.
~ Madeline Miller
Sorrow, even when tempered by sweat and toil into a whisper weight of gold, is still sorrow. Worthless to us both in the end, Má.
~ Monique Truong
Suffering did different things to different people...Some souls became tempered, unshakable in their faith, while others became twisted and mis-shapen, throwing off all connection to God.
~ Naomi Ragen