Pastoral Resources

I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.

Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.

Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred.

For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.

With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic.

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

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools.

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.

Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.

Few artists can afford artistic temperament.

Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.