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
