Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

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Best Quotes about Anger

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

Laurence J. Peter

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

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

Henry Ward Beecher

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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

There is not in nature, a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger.

Webster, John

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

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

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All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long.

Paley, Babe

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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Fuller, Thomas

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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.

Dyer, Wayne

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Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

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Nothing is so exhilarating in life as to be shot at with no result.

Churchill, Winston

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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

Proverb, Malabar

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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.

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Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

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

Bible

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

Halifax, Edward F.

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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.

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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.

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Anger makes dull men witty -- but it keeps them poor.

Bacon, Francis

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

Buddha

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

Angelis, Barbara De

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Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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

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Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

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

Epictetus

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

Wallenda, Karl

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The tendency of aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture.

Freud, Sigmund

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

Shakespeare, William

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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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

Secker, Thomas

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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

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Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

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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.

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When the danger is past God is cheated.

Proverb, Italian

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

Bible

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Anger is a brief lunacy.

Horace

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Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Chapman, George

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The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both

I Ching

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Ruskin, John