Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Beecher, Henry Ward

Best Quotes about Anger

1.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

2.

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

Quarles, Francis

3.

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

4.

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

Shakespeare, William

5.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

6.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Seneca

7.

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.

Antonius, Marcus

8.

When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out -- because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.

Dyer, Wayne

9.

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

10.

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

Landor, Walter Savage

11.

One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.

Syrus, Publilius

12.

Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred.

Hillard, G. S.

13.

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

Maxim, Samurai

14.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Diller, Phyllis

15.

Scornful men bring a city into a snare, but wise men turn away wrath. [Proverbs 29:8]

Bible

16.

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

17.

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

Epictetus

18.

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.

Maxine Waters

19.

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

20.

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

Emily Dickinson

21.

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

Akhenaton

22.

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Franklin, Benjamin

23.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

La Fontaine, Jean De

24.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

25.

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

Ellis, Havelock

26.

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

27.

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

Proverb

28.

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

Henry Ward Beecher

29.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Corneille, Pierre

30.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

31.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

32.

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

Ruskin, John

33.

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. [Ephesians 4:26]

Bible

34.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Russell, Bertrand

35.

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

Buddha

36.

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

37.

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

Bible

38.

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

Horace

39.

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

Bible

40.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

41.

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

42.

My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.

Horace

43.

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

Fuller, Thomas

44.

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

45.

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.

46.

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

Dickinson, Emily

47.

Act nothing in a furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.

Fuller, Thomas

48.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

49.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. [James 1:19-20]

Bible

50.

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.