Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

Best Quotes about Anger

1.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Cato The Elder

2.

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.

Secker, Thomas

3.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

4.

The angry man will defeat himself in battle as well as in life.

Maxim, Samurai

5.

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. [Ephesians 4:26]

Bible

6.

Anyone can become angry -- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way -- this is not easy.

Aristotle

7.

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

8.

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

Cherie Carter-Scott

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

Quincey, Thomas De

12.

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

Halifax, Edward F.

13.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Harris, Sidney J.

14.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Quarles, Francis

15.

A soft answer truth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. [Proverbs 15:1]

Bible

16.

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other.

Gaulle, Charles De

17.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

La Fontaine, Jean De

18.

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

19.

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Seneca

20.

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

Renard, Jules

21.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

22.

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

23.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

24.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

25.

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

Landor, Walter Savage

26.

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

27.

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

Bible

28.

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

Mario Puzo

29.

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

Buddha

30.

When the danger is past God is cheated.

Proverb, Italian

31.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

Shenstone, William

32.

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

33.

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

34.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

35.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Proverb

36.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

37.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.