Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Francis De Sales, St.

Best Quotes about Anger

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

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

Hugo, Victor

A wave of anger washed over me, anger against myself, at my age at the time, that stupid lyrically age, when a man is too great a riddle to himself to be interested in the riddles outside himself and when other people are mere walking mirrors in which he is amazed to find his own emotions, his own worth.

Kundera, Milan

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.

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

Bible

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

Sarnoff, David

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

My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.

Horace

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

Lucan, F. L.

10.

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

11.

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

Bible

12.

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

13.

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

Joubert, Joseph

14.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Seneca

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.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Tillich, Paul

17.

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

18.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Quarles, Francis

19.

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

20.

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

Churchill, Winston

21.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Bach, George R.

22.

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

Bible

23.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Gandhi, Mahatma

24.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.

Fuller, Thomas

25.

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Chapman, George

26.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

27.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

28.

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

Plato

29.

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

Cherie Carter-Scott

30.

Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.

Greer, Germaine

31.

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

32.

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

Akhenaton

33.

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

Russell, Bertrand

34.

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

George, David Lloyd

35.

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

Bible

36.

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

Bacon, Francis

37.

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

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

38.

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.

39.

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

40.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Harris, Sidney J.

41.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Corneille, Pierre

42.

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

Seneca

43.

Between the anvil and the hammer.

Proverb, German

44.

Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Thurber, James

45.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

46.

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

47.

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

Henry Ward Beecher

48.

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

49.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Castaneda, Carlos

50.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis