Howard Thurman Quotes

If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

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

I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.

I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.

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.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

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

I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.

I don't have a temper. There's no fist through the walls.

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

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.

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.

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

I am very far away from being angry. I really don't get angry most of the time. I am a patient person.

There's times I blow my gasket. One thing I learned is I don't hold any grudges.

The defenders make me very angry. They are kicking, or they are pinching or they say things to me that I don't like. They try to do everything to take me out of the game. I learned to keep my mouth shut, to keep my hands down, just try to put the ball in the net. This is the best answer.

Sometimes, people say, 'You need to fight smart.' After a fight gets started I don't know what happens with me. I feel crazy. A lot of times my coach says, 'Calm down. Calm.'

As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their own ends.

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.

Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the fume is spent; for every stroke our fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last.