Quotes About Temperament

Appreciation, whether of nature, or books, or art, or men, depends very much on temperament. What is beauty or genius or greatness to one, is far from being so to another.

I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it's true that I am, by nature, belligerent.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

I may have mentioned patience wasn't one of my virtues. Actually, I didn't have many virtues but patience definitely wasn't one of them.

It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also the case, I guess, that my temperament is to like interesting, new, bold ideas, and to try and generate them.

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

Our attitude determines our approach to life.

There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.

We can get hot and bothered quicker over nothing, and cool off faster than any nation in the world.

Like most people of his temperament, though sociable, he (Napolean) disliked company in which he would have to appear merely as one of the crowd, even if not definitely as an inferior

if i add that my uncle took mathematical strides of exactly three feet, and that, while walking, he firmly clenches his fists-the sign of an impetuous temperament-then you will know him well enough not to wish to spend too much time in his company

Taking men as they have been and are, they are subjects of passion, emotion, and instinct. Only

Good-nature, or what is often considered as such, is the most selfish of all the virtues: it is nine times out of ten mere indolence of disposition.

Miss Burgess Fern came up, sat in the chair beside her sister, and, after listening a moment, said, "I think the secret of Rhoda's temperament is the simple fact that she doesn't need others, the way most of us do. She is such a self-sufficient little girl! Never in all my life have I seen anybody so completely all-of-one-piece!

The initial letter in the profile means either introversion or extroversion. -The second letter in the mix will end up being either be the letter "S" to stand for sensing or the letter "N" for intuition. -Next, the third letter is either an "F" to stand for feeler or the letter "T" to stand for thinker. -Finally, the fourth letter is either a "P" to stand for perceiver or "J" for judger.

I've known a lot of political figures but never another one whose self-control seemed so fragile.

God's will for us is that we live out the harmonious expression of our gifts, temperament, passions and vocation in truthful dependence on God.

He was "more passionate than most intelligent men, and more intelligent and reasoned than most passionate men.

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

He is happy, whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent, who can suit his temper to any circumstances.

The smartest person in the United States Senate, and he knows it, is John Sununu. Thank God he had his mother's temperament.

Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.