Lou Barlow Quotes

I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.

I tend to not wallow too much in sentiment if I can avoid it.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

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.

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.

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

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

All the movements of our body are not merely those dictated by impulse or weariness; they are the correct expression of what we consider decorous. Without impulses, we could take no part in social life; on the other hand, without inhibitions, we could not correct, direct, and utilize our impulses.

I've got to really try and manage my patience out there.

Fans have to try to control their emotions, as we do as footballers.

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

I don't want to show my emotions in public.

I just remember I'd snap over little things when I was younger a lot. It was more just trying to control yourself in certain situations and learn how to harness that anger.

I'm mostly a quiet person by nature and don't like letting my emotions come out on the field.

Once you get a reputation for emotional volatility, it can take years of model behavior to change how others see you.

I would never slam my iPhone, and I never punched a metal door frame for any time.

When I was young, you get into the point where you want to throw everything hard. And it looks good, it feels good... You get to the point, though, where it's not realistic.

You can control yourself if you really want to. I'll tell you how I know you can control yourself. If you were in a full fledged emotional temper tantrum in your house and I knocked on your front door..... Come on! Let me tell you what, you would get control of yourself, and it would only take a few seconds.

Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.