Quotes About Temperament

For some temperaments work is a remedy for all afflictions.

So! Isn't it worth one's curiosity to study the different ways that the soul may leave the body and how, according to the character, the temperament, or even the local customs of a country, individuals face up to that supreme journey from being to nothingness? As for me, I can assure you of one thing: the more you have seen others die, the easier it becomes to die oneself. So, in my opinion, death may be a torment, but it is not an expiation.

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

She judged people smartly and quickly, and often found herself in a huff.

jovial perfectionist

An experience creates an emotional reaction, which then can turn into a mood, then into a temperament, and finally into a personality trait.

since Ian got dangerously worked up by that kind of thing. He'd have

His easy going behavior contrasts greatly with my restlessness

I despise the cowardly clinging to life, purely for the sake of life, that seems so deeply ingrained in the American temperament.

Still, he felt lonely and fell into the trap of pretending to prefer being alone, thus leading to further loneliness in a vicious circle of solitude that young men of a certain temperament build for themselves and then inhabit. But

The Art of Love: knowing how to combine the temperment of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

Men are too unstable to be just; they are crabbed because they have not passed water at the usual time, or testy because they have not been stroked or praised.

We Neopalians like a man who can be angry, and I began to think you never would.' 'I am not the least angry,' said I with great indignation. I hate being told that I am angry when I am merely showing firmness.

He could be a complete bastard when he wanted to be — which was most of the time, now I come to think about it.

I really do believe there are things passed down. Behaviour, not just DNA. Psychological make-up. You can see it in dogs. If you want to breed a calm dog, don't get two fighters.

People didn't know until I said it publicly that I had a nasty side. It was never obvious to the fans. I never lost my head, you see. Never got sent off.

The folk that you get on Radio 1 isn't the sort of thing that I'm into: it's kind of too uptempo and jaunty for me. I prefer a bit of atmosphere and a bit of darkness.

Ben Stokes, for example, is someone who plays better when he is a bit aggressive - and that's something you don't want to take away from him.

I have never fought in my life but I can be very angry, especially on the pitch.

I'm not saying I'm a control freak, though I'll admit that I am at times.

Sometimes when I get frustrated and ticked off, there's a little more fire there. It can also get you in trouble if you're not careful, but I think within reason it can help you.

I think judicial temperament is a willingness to step back from your own committed views of the correct jurisprudential approach and evaluate those views in terms of your role as a judge. It's the difference between being a judge and being a law professor.

Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.