From the wonderful program Recovery Inc.

• Humor is our best friend, temper is our worst enemy.
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• Have the courage to make a mistake.
• People do things that annoy us, not necessarily to annoy us. 
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• Tempers are frequently uncontrolled, but not uncontrollable.
• Every act of self-control leads to a sense of self-respect.
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• Temper is an intellectual blindness to the other side of the story.