Motivational Quotes

Anger

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Anger

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Proverb

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

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Confucius

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

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

Ruskin, John

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

Buddha

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

Mario Puzo

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

Emily Dickinson

10.

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

11.

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

Ellis, Havelock

12.

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

13.

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

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

14.

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

Mckay, David O.

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

Bible

18.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Tillich, Paul

19.

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

20.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

21.

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.

22.

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

Colton, Charles Caleb

23.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

25.

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

Bacon, Francis

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

Syrus, Publilius

27.

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

Proverb

28.

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

Epictetus

29.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Corneille, Pierre

30.

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

31.

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

Quincey, Thomas De

32.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

Niebuhr, Reinhold

33.

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Renard, Jules

35.

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

Fuller, Thomas

36.

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

Pope, Alexander

37.

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

Edwards, Tryon

38.

Danger -- if you meet it promptly and without flinching -- you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

Churchill, Winston

39.

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

40.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

41.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

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The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.

Beecher, Henry Ward

43.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

44.

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

Joubert, Joseph

45.

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

Plato

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I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad: and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they

White, Elwyn Brooks

47.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Diller, Phyllis

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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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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

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

Aurelius, Marcus