Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Churchill, Winston

Best Quotes about Anger

1.

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

2.

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

Edwards, Tryon

3.

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

Ruskin, John

4.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

5.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

6.

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

7.

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

8.

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

9.

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

10.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Tillich, Paul

11.

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

Proverb, Malabar

12.

Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.

Curtis, George William

13.

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

Henry Ward Beecher

14.

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

15.

It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say.

Riley, James Whitcomb

16.

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

Hugo, Victor

17.

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

18.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

19.

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

Wallenda, Karl

20.

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

Cherie Carter-Scott

21.

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

22.

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

Renard, Jules

23.

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

Epictetus

24.

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

25.

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

Sarnoff, David

26.

Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last.

Greg Evans

27.

Stay out of the road, if you want to grow old.

Floyd, Pink

28.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Seneca

29.

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

Quincey, Thomas De

30.

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

Secker, Thomas

31.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

32.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

Quarles, Francis

33.

Between the anvil and the hammer.

Proverb, German

34.

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

Ellis, Havelock

35.

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

36.

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

Halifax, Edward F.

37.

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

Bible

38.

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

39.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

40.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Corneille, Pierre

41.

Biggest profits mean gravest risks.

Proverb, Chinese

42.

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

Bible

43.

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

Lucan, F. L.

44.

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

Dyer, Wayne

45.

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

46.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Joubert, Joseph

47.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Boyes, John F.

48.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

49.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.