Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.

Even as a boy, my dad always told me, 'Don't show emotion.' If I banged my cue, he would give me a row and say, 'Stop that.' Don't show any petulance. It was developed, certainly, but I think you have got to have it in you.

Avoid letting temper block progress-keep cool.

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase. At first, keep quiet and count the days when you were not angry: "I used to be angry every day, then every other day: next, every two, then every three days!" and if you succeed in passing thirty days, sacrifice to the gods in thanksgiving.

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

My mum calls my temper 'Devilman.' They say you calm down with age, but I don't know. It never goes away.

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

I still have a temper, I suppose.

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.

I have a terrible temper. I have absolutely no problem with getting shouty or a bit physical. It's not something I'm pleased about and it doesn't happen very often, but it's very much there.

I have a temper, and it can flare from time to time, but as I've gotten older and more experienced, I think I use it in a controlled way. Oftentimes, I'm acting.

I feel there are very few people who can control their anger.

Unfortunately, I have a temper. I tend to flare up once in a while.

Now I've come to a place where I believe that anger doesn't really make me a better actor.

I got a temper. But part of my role is to steady the ship. That's just to try to control your emotions.

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.

How do I control my emotions? How do I stop getting angry so often, or how do I stop being sad? And I think there's a really important distinction to understand is that you can't completely control your emotions. What you control is your reaction to your own emotions. And a lot of people don't ever make that separation for what goes on with them.

I want to show I can control my emotion and aggression and stay calm.

Even if sometimes I'm not happy with the way I'm playing the game before, during the changeover I have to stay calm. Otherwise the next game will be worse.

I just try to stay cool, calm and collected.