Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Francis De Sales, St.

Best Quotes about Anger

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

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

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

Emily Dickinson

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

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Shenstone, William

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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.

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Chapman, George

10.

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.

11.

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

Baldwin, James

12.

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

Edwards, Tryon

13.

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

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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

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

Plato

16.

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

Bible

17.

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

Horace

18.

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

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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

20.

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

Proverb

21.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

Fuller, Thomas

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Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Proverb

24.

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

25.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

26.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

27.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

28.

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

Epictetus

29.

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

Jefferson, Thomas

30.

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

Floyd, Pink

31.

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

32.

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

Joubert, Joseph

33.

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

34.

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

Bible

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The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.

George, David Lloyd

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

Tupper, Martin

38.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

Aristotle

39.

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

40.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Tillich, Paul

41.

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

Epictetus

42.

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Quincey, Thomas De

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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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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.

46.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

48.

Between the anvil and the hammer.

Proverb, German

49.

Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage.

Babylonian Talmud

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When you meet up with a disagreeable person, never allow yourself to be upset. Say to yourself,if a dowdy like that can stand himself all his life, surely I can stand him for a few minutes.