Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

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

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

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

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 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 control my anger.

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

I know I've had an attitude that can explode, but I'm trying my best to not step out of bounds.

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.

Stay, my lord, And let your reason with your choler question What 'tis you go about: to climb steep hills Requires slow pace at first: anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allow'd his way, Self-mettle tires him. Not a man in England Can advise me like you: be to yourself As you would to your friend.

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 ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

I used to have terrible tantrums. I was temperamental when I was younger. Actually, what I needed was a swift kick in the pants. What a brat!

It's difficult for me to really temper my personality, but I am trying to be a little more sensible about it. If I really lose my temper, I go to my room and scream and shout, but I try not to lose it on people any more. I've never said something mean just like that. I've only said things in retaliation.

I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

If you want to write an angry e-mail, write it but don't send it. It's based on my experience that whenever I have acted out in some manner, I have always regretted it.

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

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

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

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

I probably need to hold my emotions in check a little more, but that's just part of my wiring, too.

I have a mean streak and I am capable of cruelty. This does not mean that I am necessarily mean and cruel; instead, it means that I have to be vigilant about my capacity for cruelty and the mean bone in my body.