Motivational Quotes

Anger

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

- Akhenaton

Best Quotes about Anger

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations.

I Ching

Doomed are the hotheads! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, I'm sorry.

Schuller, Robert H.

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

Renard, Jules

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

Shakespeare, William

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

Quincey, Thomas De

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

Don't play for safety -- it's the most dangerous thing in the world.

Walpole, Sir Hugh

10.

When the danger is past God is cheated.

Proverb, Italian

11.

The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

12.

Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.

Greer, Germaine

13.

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

Floyd, Pink

14.

The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly.

Long, Haniel

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Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Diller, Phyllis

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Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

Akhenaton

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Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.

Mario Puzo

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I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

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We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

Aristotle

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Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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Biggest profits mean gravest risks.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

Colby, Frank Moore

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

Cherie Carter-Scott

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It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger.

Bhagavad Gita

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

Laurence J. Peter

27.

He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him.

Magnus, Saint Albertus

28.

The best answer to anger is silence.

29.

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

30.

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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Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.

Fuller, Thomas

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No one is as angry as the person who is wrong.

Proverb

33.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

34.

The broad general rule is that a man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

35.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Shaw, George Bernard

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The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

Landor, Walter Savage

37.

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

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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

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

Mckay, David O.

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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. [Ecclesiastes 7:9]

Bible

41.

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

Bible

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

Angelou, Maya

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Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Gracian, Baltasar

44.

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

Edwards, Tryon

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Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

46.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverb

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The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

Horace

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The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.

Lucan, F. L.

49.

Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage.

Babylonian Talmud

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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

Hugo, Victor