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Alternative forms

• cooler heads must prevail
• cooler heads prevail
• cool heads must prevail
• cool heads prevail
• cool heads will prevail

Proverb

cooler heads will prevail

1. People who are calm and focused are the most likely to succeed or to have the greatest influence on events.
   • 1993 July 2, Robin Finn, "Tennis: Hotheads Need Not Apply to the Men's Final Four," New York Times (retrieved 20 March 2014):

     The cooler heads will prevail when the top four men in the world do battle Friday in the semifinals at Wimbledon.

   • 2001, James J. Wirtz and Jeffrey A. Larsen (eds.), Rockets’ Red Glare: Missile Defenses and the Future of World Politics, ISBN 9780813364506, page 11 (Google preview):

     This book assumes that cooler heads will prevail. Russian and American negotiators will find some way to accommodate the deployment of a modest interceptor force.

Related terms

• cool head
• cool-headed