Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

Best Quotes about Anger

1.

The best answer to anger is silence.

2.

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

3.

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

4.

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

5.

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

Bible

6.

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

7.

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

Seneca

8.

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

Dyer, Wayne

9.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

10.

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

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

11.

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

12.

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

13.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

14.

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

15.

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Chapman, George

16.

By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned; By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned.

Pope, Alexander

17.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Corneille, Pierre

18.

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

Syrus, Publilius

19.

Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Thurber, James

20.

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

Magnus, Saint Albertus

21.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

22.

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

Quarles, Francis

23.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

24.

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.

25.

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

Ruskin, John

26.

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

27.

Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.

Wallenda, Karl

28.

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

Greer, Germaine

29.

There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.

Francis De Sales, St.

30.

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

31.

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

Mckay, David O.

32.

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

Plato

33.

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

34.

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

35.

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

Angelis, Barbara De

36.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Tillich, Paul

37.

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

38.

Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

Cervantes, Miguel De

39.

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.

40.

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

Emily Dickinson

41.

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

Hugo, Victor

42.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

43.

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

44.

Actually, the streets are quite safe today, it's the people on them who aren't.

45.

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

Lucan, F. L.

46.

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

Shakespeare, William

47.

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

Maxim, Samurai

48.

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

49.

Whenever you get red in the face, whenever you raise your voice, whenever you get hot under the collar or angry, rebellious or negative in spirit, then know that the spirit of God is leaving you and the spirit of Satan is beginning to take over.

50.

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

Aurelius, Marcus