Quotes about temperament

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

— Aristotle

Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who is its object; justice is love serving only Him who is its object, and therefore rightly ruling; prudence is love making wise distinction between what hinders and what helps itself.

— St. Augustine

Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month I can be myself.

— Roseanne Barr

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.

— John Burroughs

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

— Thomas Carlyle

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

A person's fate is their own temper.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Who has skill in the art of music is of good temperament and fitted for all things.

— Martin Luther