Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

Best Quotes about 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

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.

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

Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Halifax, Edward F.

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.

Buddha

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

Send danger from the east unto the west, so honor cross it from the north to south.

Shakespeare, William

10.

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

Angelis, Barbara De

11.

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

12.

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

Seneca

13.

Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Do not express it-this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripples in your surroundings. What you do is transform it.

Pilgrim, Peace

14.

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

15.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.

Colton, Charles Caleb

16.

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

Hugo, Victor

17.

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

Russell, Bertrand

18.

My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.

Horace

19.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Corneille, Pierre

20.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Diller, Phyllis

21.

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

Mario Puzo

22.

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

Bible

23.

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

Dickinson, Emily

24.

When danger approaches, sing to it.

Proverb, Arabian

25.

Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt.

Baldwin, James

26.

Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.

Tupper, Martin

27.

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

Bible

28.

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

Francis De Sales, St.

29.

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

Dyer, Wayne

30.

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

31.

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

Secker, Thomas

32.

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

Quincey, Thomas De

33.

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

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

34.

Biggest profits mean gravest risks.

Proverb, Chinese

35.

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

Syrus, Publilius

36.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Cato The Elder

37.

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

Akhenaton

38.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Castaneda, Carlos

39.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.

Buddha

40.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Gracian, Baltasar

41.

When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Jefferson, Thomas

42.

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

43.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

Horace

44.

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.

45.

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

Shenstone, William

46.

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

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

Greg Evans

48.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

49.

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.

50.

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.

Halifax, Edward F.