Motivational Quotes

Anger

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman. [Proverbs 21:19]

- Bible

Best Quotes about Anger

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.

Angelis, Barbara De

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.

Brown, John Mason

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Chapman, George

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

Beecher, Henry Ward

Danger -- if you meet it promptly and without flinching -- you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

Churchill, Winston

Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Laurence J. Peter

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Cato The Elder

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

Anger makes dull men witty -- but it keeps them poor.

Bacon, Francis

10.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

Quarles, Francis

11.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

Ruskin, John

12.

Anger is one letter short of danger, Greatest remedy for anger is delay

13.

Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.

Mckay, David O.

14.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

Carlyle, Thomas

15.

The best answer to anger is silence.

16.

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Franklin, Benjamin

17.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

Horace

18.

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.

Ellis, Havelock

19.

I have seen a peaceful expression turn to anger as fast as a whip cracks, and so the look on the face might mean less than what it seems to be.

Erica Eisdorfer

20.

If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wring, but the coals are.

Beecher, Henry Ward

21.

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.

Henry, M.

22.

The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.

George, David Lloyd

23.

Stay out of the road, if you want to grow old.

Floyd, Pink

24.

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

Shakespeare, William

25.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Angelou, Maya

26.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. [Proverbs 12:6]

Bible

27.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

Epictetus

28.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

29.

In time of danger it is proper to be alarmed until danger be near at hand; but when we perceive that danger is near, we should oppose it as if we were not afraid.

Hitopadesa

30.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Corneille, Pierre

31.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

32.

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.

Barton, Clara

33.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

La Fontaine, Jean De

34.

I lose my temper, but it's all over in a minute, said the student. So is the hydrogen bomb, I replied. But think of the damage it produces!

Sweeting, George

35.

If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself:'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.'When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.

Epictetus

36.

When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Jefferson, Thomas

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As the whirlwind in its fury teareth up trees, and deformeth the face of nature, or as an earthquake in its convulsions overturneth whole cities; so the rage of an angry man throweth mischief around him.

Akhenaton

38.

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

Cherie Carter-Scott

39.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. [Proverbs 19:11]

Bible

40.

Send danger from the east unto the west, so honor cross it from the north to south.

Shakespeare, William

41.

The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.

Mizner, Wilson

42.

Between the anvil and the hammer.

Proverb, German

43.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

Edwards, Tryon

44.

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

Proverb, Malabar

45.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Diller, Phyllis

46.

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.

Buddha

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Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt.

Baldwin, James

48.

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

Epictetus

49.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

Malcolm X

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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.