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"Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense."
"Resist that temptation to go to the extremes, to go to hostility, to go to rage, to go to violence. It is not too late."
"A temperate person is naturally virtuous, while a continent one has all manner of desires but still actively chooses to be righteous despite temptation."
"Quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger."
"Be patient with this person... balance will be restored, temperance is all about patience."
"From my grandfather Verus: I learned decency and a mild temper."
"You're here to bring balance to the earth as temperance."
"Not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle."
"Temperance reminds us: one step at a time, and there's always another path if needed."
"You're being asked to have temperance rather than be impulsive or compulsive."
"Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to get angry."
"Disagreements are important, but they don't have to be big blowups."
"Temperance is about taking a no and turning it into a yes."
"As a coach... you can't lose your cool like that."
"A big push for women's suffrage during this time was accompanied by significant influence in the temperance movement."
"Effort to reform American society: Temperance movements, abolitionism."
"That's a real man that he doesn't need to even raise his voice."
"Albert was a steadying force to the often hot-tempered and moody queen, and he replaced Melbourne as her closest advisor."
"Patience and temperance: waiting for the right moment."
"Do not look on the wine when it is red... At the last it bites like a serpent." - Proverbs 23:31
"Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry."
"A fool gives full vent to his or her spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back."
"Slow to speak, slow to anger, quick to listen."
"Do not get drunk on wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit."
"Temperance is here and while there is much sadness and regret and loss... you will feel a lot better in time."
"People out here will bend over backwards to help you. They'll give the shirt off their back as long as you don't make 'em mad or cross 'em."
"He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding."
"Do not get drunk with wine for that is dissipation, but be filled with the spirit."
"Temperance and there you are, Earth Angel, emotionally balanced, divinely guided, divinely protected."
"It's the peace, the temperance, the patience, your workflow peaceful."
"Whiskey literally lands the prideful sober sovereignty, halo temperance, and wilt her self-shore countenance."
"Temperance is a very good reminder of not rushing this when it comes in."
"Temperance refers to the self-control we have to find when spending money, knowing that while rewards are important, so is being frugal."
"There's no such thing as pipe smoking in scripture. What scripture teaches is temperance."
"Don't explode into flames for no reason."
"Meekness is about the teeming of the temper, the subduing of the assertive self, the calming of the passions."
"So, temperance tells us that divine guidance is always available to us if we want to tap into it."
"The wisdom of temperance is that if we keep one foot in the water, if we're willing to dip one toe into the mystical, but keeping one foot on dry land, we'll be able to get that divine guidance and actually use it in the real world as we move forward on our path."
"Temperance is all about moderation, balance, and walking that middle path, and not doing anything in the extreme."
"Temperance is about healing, okay? So, there you could have very strong abilities, healing abilities. But Temperance is also about alchemizing energy, transmutation of energies."
"I don't lose my temper or burst into tears when things go wrong. I'm sort who thinks things through carefully and doesn't do anything Hasty."
"Our verse today comes from James 1:19, 'Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.'"
"There's a real Temptation for us to be quick to speak and quick to anger."
"Temperance. Why should I have temperance? Because if you have temperance, you can have something left to help somebody else."
"Temperance is actually a practice. It's a way to get in the mental and spiritual gym to actually test your strength to remove a pleasure out of your life and see how well are you really real, can you really remove this and survive, are you about that life?"
"Temperance and fasting are incredibly important parts of many world religions, from Abrahamic religions like Islam's Ramadan to historical Buddhist practices of meditation for extended periods of time."
"It's always best when cooler heads prevail."
"It makes me a better person by not losing my temper."
"An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not pursuing dishonest gain."
"However, when we deliberately avoid excessive pleasure and embrace the virtue of temperance, we can develop the ability to consistently decide our actions and align ourselves with our values."
"Shield archons are patient protectors and therefore embody the virtue of temperance, using their Spears and Shields in massive formations that can endure even the most severe onslaughts."
"I apologize for losing my temper the way I did."
"Bullying never gets you anywhere, losing a temper never gets you anywhere."
"We must avoid quick-tempered criticism and furious, power-driven argument."
"I have always advocated temperance and detested drunkenness; in my youth, I never did apply hot and rebellious liquor to my blood."
"Don't be so angry that your anger destroys your child more than the mistake they made."
"Temperance is often characterized as emotional restraint or self-discipline."
"The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered."
"Temperance preserves it against bodily desires that can cloud our practical judgment or render such judgment ineffective in action."
"Don't blow your temper, Blow Your Horn, it's very very satisfying, little button just here."
"The harsh one is not the one that can wrestle, rather the harsh is the one that can control themselves in times of anger."
"Miss me?" Jiraiya asked, hopeful he could defuse his friend's violent temper.
"And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but ever be filled, stimulated with the Holy Spirit."
"Temperance has brought the fool to appreciate moderation and to combine all aspects of himself into a centered whole."
"Friendly rivalry, I would say. It's not too heated."
"Temperance in the upright, so some type of balance here, something healing."
"Don't get drunk with wine... but be filled with the Holy Spirit."
"Don't just give in to the gluttony of anger, meanness, or whatever it is, just have fun."
"Be slow to speak, quick to listen, and slow to anger."
"Don't be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but rather be filled with the Holy Spirit."
"Jesus lives in me; that's why I ain't going to cuss you out today."
"Be not drunk with wine, where is in excess; but be filled with the Spirit."
"It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak."
"Patience is more than just putting up with something; it's putting up with it with temperance and knowledge."
"Not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money."
"Be filled with the Holy Ghost, don't be drunk with wine."
"Abstain from fleshly lusts that war against the soul."
"Don't be drunk on wine, which will ruin your life, but be filled with the Holy Spirit."
"Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry."
"God has blessed me so much, especially when I learned to shut my mouth and I learned to not get angry."
"The anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God."
"Do not be drunk with wine which leads to debauchery, but be you filled with the Holy Spirit."
"Temperance means, more or less, self-control."
"I believe in temperance, I believe in self-control."
"Cogswell hated drinking and he hated alcohol... he just decided to devote the rest of his life to convincing others of the evils of beer and liquor."
"Probably the right move to make sure cooler heads prevailed."
"From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper."
"Temperance is the moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods."
"The AG teaches complete abstinence from alcohol."
"Typically summers are pretty temperate, which we're big fans of."
"Don't get drunk on wine, be filled with the Holy Spirit."
"I just don't want to get angry at little things."
"Her anger was never furious; her love never fierce: it was deep and tender."
"Do not be drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit."
"We don't govern by temper tantrum. No president should pound the table and demand he gets his way or else the government shuts down."
"Temperance is the virtue of regulating one's desires and impulses."
"Let's calm down a bit; if we lose our tempers here, then we'll just be doing what he wants us to do."
"Jesus never got mad at sinners; he got mad at church folk."
"The lesson that we've learned here today is that you don't have to get that mad about cartoons."
"He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever."
"Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools."
"A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention."
"Try and have fun, don't lose your temper too much, and just know that in the end, it's gonna be your little piece of art."
"He doesn't pull his punches, but he doesn't confuse honesty with anger."
"Every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."
"Do not allow your temper to guide your judgment."
"Temperance means self-control, self-restraint."
"Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."
"Don't be so quick to be hot-tempered."
"The man or woman who preserves the balance of the mind when tempted to indulge passion stands higher in the sight of God and heavenly angels than the most renowned general that ever led an army to battle into victory."
"Know this, my dearly loved brothers: everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to get angry."
"Don't get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery; instead, be filled with the Spirit."
"I'm sure everything will work out fine, there's no need to lose your temper."
"People love you but don't walk on you, you have a temper but you control it."
"Self-control is dying to your flesh and choosing to live a Godly life."
"We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing tempered acts, and brave by doing brave acts."
"From my grandfather Varus, I learned good morals and the government of my temper."
"Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God."
"He is able to teach, not addicted to wine or pugnacious but gentle, free from the love of money."
"Do not get drunk but be filled with the Holy Spirit."
"The strong one is not the one who's able to wrestle people down to the ground, the strong one is the one who is able to restrain himself when he is angry."
"He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly."
"I'm a better person, not as much of a hot head."
"They were men of truth and soberness."
"We should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger."
"The man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires."
"I almost lost my temper, but I didn't."
"Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs."
"The respect you gain by retaining your cool and controlling your temper far surpasses the transient triumph that a harsh rebuttal may bring."
"We don't need to get into angry voices; you can have relaxed fun conversations."
"It's always good that we hold our tempers, man."
"I would still be a little perturbed, but I mean, I'm working on that, I'm becoming a better person, I'm working on my temper and things like that."
"Not letting myself get triggered and angry."
"Only to me, you can hold that temper of Qingying."
"Every man must be swift about hearing, slow about speaking, slow about wrath."
"Temperance isn't about elimination, it's about moderation."
"In the olden days, it would have been a huge explosion, and he had made significant progress in the way he addressed it."
"At a certain point when a kid gets to purity, he's got to be able to regulate it himself at a certain stage because that's part of the virtue of temperance."
"Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God."
"She was also an active participant in the Ladies' Fruit and Flower Mission, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and the Good Samaritan Charity Hospital."
"Not a bully, not quick-tempered, not hot-headed but gentle and considerate, free from the love of money, not greedy for wealth and its inherent power, financially ethical."
"Truly my mercy takes precedence over my anger."
"Only a fool vents their anger, but the wise stay silent."
"We're law-abiding people and a slow to anger people."
"He that is slow to anger appeaseth strife."
"The temperate mind, filled with self-control, restrains and checks the impulses of the body."
"My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry."
"Don't be drunk with wine, which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit."
"Her mother, who was her hero and had been everything Nell wanted to be when she grew up, always cautioned her against allowing her temper to dictate her actions, encouraging her to always think the best of everyone."
"Such decisions are not made on a hot head."
"It's just a game, so don't get so angry over something so small."
"Be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath."
"Be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry."
"Keep your temper down, keep everything cool."
"Quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to become angry."
"For the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God."
"Live by faith, live in temperance, and don't violate your conscience."
"Happy is the land whose king is a noble leader and whose leaders feast at the proper time to gain strength for their work, and not to get drunk."
"Temperance, which represents peace and harmony."
"If you really want to get cool, don't be angry."
"Be quick to listen and slow to anger."
"Patience was needed, we got Temperance energy."
"The temperance represents peace, harmony, contentment, alignment."
"The word temperance means total abstinence from all things harmful and moderation in all things good."
"Temperance is literally self-restraint, enjoy the moment, have that balance."
"It takes temperance to set down old ways and go forward into something new."
"Energy is balancing here, temperance, the heart of the angel."
"Temperance is balanced energy; it's about happiness but it's about somebody who's getting real."
"The Temperance represents balance and harmony."
"I'm really trying to change, I have really started to control my temper over the last two years."
"Temperance, something is being balanced out for you, yup, good news."
"Don't let your temper get the best of you, balance it out, see things from a higher frequency."
"Be slow to anger, quick to understand."
"Temperance talks about peace, alignment, contentment, harmony."
"A lot of patience is required here, but that lesson of temperance is very important."
"The art or Temperance card... is to keep things in balance, to keep your heart and your mind in balance."
"This is really a huge moment for you, and we do need that Temperance energy."
"My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger."
"The age of light and mercy, temperance will see us through."
"Temperance: creating balance and harmony in your life."
"Temperance, that's powerful, that's angel energy, there's angel energy everywhere."
"Temperance is exchanging something lesser for something better; it's divine timing."
"Expect a message, and you are protected with the Temperance; everything is fine, everything will be fine, you have nothing to worry about, your guides and angels are with you."
"Patience is temperance, so there's a need for patience, there's a need to wait."
"Temperance can represent turning a negative into a positive; you have the power to change it."
"Temperance's energy is all about taking time, not rushing."
"You have the strength to control your temper."
"Temperance is patience; you need to have patience."
"You're this temperance angel, you're the one that commits to seeing the good in all things."
"Temperance represents finding the good in all situations, no matter what."
"Don't be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit."
"It's time to be free of that when the temperance card comes out and the devil card is on the table, temperance always wins."
"There's a need for patience, temperance. There's a need for healing."
"It's about embracing both sides of that and getting into the temperance energy and blending both of these energies together, making peace with both the light and the dark."
"Temperance, healing, healing for some of you."
"Temperance, balance, moderation, patience with yourself."