Motivational Quotes

Anger

Every man is his own chief enemy.

- Anacharsis

Best Quotes about Anger

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

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

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

Lucan, F. L.

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

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

Proverb

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

Shakespeare, William

I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing partner. I'm very focused on the ball. Then it's over.

Alfredsson, Helen

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

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

Hugo, Victor

10.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

11.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Bach, George R.

12.

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.

Buddha

13.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

14.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

Plato

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

Churchill, Winston

17.

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

Proverb

18.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

Niebuhr, Reinhold

19.

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

20.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Aurelius, Marcus

21.

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

Landor, Walter Savage

22.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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Anger as soon as fed is dead- 'Tis starving makes it fat.

Emily Dickinson

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

Laurence J. Peter

25.

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

Mizner, Wilson

26.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

28.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

La Fontaine, Jean De

29.

What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.

Dyer, Wayne

30.

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

Walpole, Sir Hugh

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Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

Clarendon

32.

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

Edwards, Tryon

33.

Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. [Julius Caesar]

Shakespeare, William

34.

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

Jefferson, Thomas

35.

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Franklin, Benjamin

36.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

37.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

Buddha

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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

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

Magnus, Saint Albertus

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I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad: and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they

White, Elwyn Brooks

42.

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

George, David Lloyd

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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

44.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Corneille, Pierre

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

46.

Sticks and stones may break your bones when there's anger to impart. Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart. Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

47.

Between the anvil and the hammer.

Proverb, German

48.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

Joan Lunden

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Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

Halifax, Edward F.

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To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

Watts, Alan W.