If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
When I'm training for a fight, I'm not the same person that I normally am when I'm at home. I'm always thinking about fighting. I'm doing it day in and day out. Pretty soon, my personality starts to change. My temper's a little bit shorter, I don't have a lot of patience for a lot of things.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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.
If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.
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.
If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.
I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.
I know I've had an attitude that can explode, but I'm trying my best to not step out of bounds.
For once I'm not the guy losing my temper all the time.
As I got older I learned how to control my temper a little more. Boxing helped me a lot and most definitely when I had my first child it helped me tremendously.
I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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.
Discuss anything, argue anything, but without bitterness or hot temper.
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.
On an odd occasion, you'll still find me shouting at referees when I've become increasingly frustrated, but I've tried to control my temper.
As a kid I lost my temper quite easily and tended to look away from the game itself. Now I know how to manage that and get the best out of myself.
When I was younger, I behaved a bit strangely sometimes - lost my temper, did silly things - but little by little, I've gotten better. As a chef, I think you need to do a lot of work on yourself and your temperament.
I have a fierce temper. I've mastered it over the years, but when I'm angry, no one can force me to do anything I don't want to.
I don't lose my temper. I used to, but I realised I would probably die of a brain hemorrhage. So I've governed myself not to mind about things. I have no road rage or anything like that. Because it's life-shortening. And also, there's no need for it; it uses up energy.
