Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Anger

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

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Cato The Elder

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

Quincey, Thomas De

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.

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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

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

Dickinson, Emily

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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

Aurelius, Marcus

10.

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

11.

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

Dyer, Wayne

12.

Anyone can become angry -- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way -- this is not easy.

Aristotle

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

Bible

14.

No one can make us angry. People can say and do things to us but it is still up to us as individuals to do what we want with our emotions in response to those things.

15.

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

Niebuhr, Reinhold

16.

The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.

Mizner, Wilson

17.

There is not in nature, a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger.

Webster, John

18.

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

Proverb

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

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Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. [Ephesians 4:26]

Bible

21.

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

Churchill, Winston

22.

When the danger is past God is cheated.

Proverb, Italian

23.

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

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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

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

27.

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

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Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

29.

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

30.

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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A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations.

I Ching

32.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

33.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Tillich, Paul

34.

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him.

Magnus, Saint Albertus

36.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

37.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Corneille, Pierre

38.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

39.

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Franklin, Benjamin

40.

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.

41.

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

Greer, Germaine

42.

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

Bible

43.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

44.

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Chapman, George

45.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

46.

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Henry Ward Beecher

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

Shenstone, William

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

Horace