Motivational Quotes

Anger

The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both

- I Ching

Best Quotes about Anger

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

Dyer, Wayne

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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

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

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

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

Lucan, F. L.

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

10.

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

Bible

11.

The angry man will defeat himself in battle as well as in life.

Maxim, Samurai

12.

No one is as angry as the person who is wrong.

Proverb

13.

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

Bible

14.

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

15.

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

Churchill, Winston

16.

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

Ellis, Havelock

17.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

18.

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

Syrus, Publilius

19.

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.

20.

My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.

Horace

21.

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

Laurence J. Peter

22.

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

Proverb, Malabar

23.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

24.

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

25.

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

Hugo, Victor

26.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

27.

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

Thurber, James

28.

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.

29.

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

30.

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

Mario Puzo

31.

Doomed are the hotheads! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, I'm sorry.

Schuller, Robert H.

32.

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

33.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

34.

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

Quincey, Thomas De

35.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

36.

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.

37.

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

Niebuhr, Reinhold

38.

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

Fuller, Thomas

39.

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Chapman, George

40.

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

Proverb

41.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Castaneda, Carlos

42.

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

43.

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

Renard, Jules

44.

I Ching

45.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. [James 1:19-20]

Bible

46.

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

Dickinson, Emily

47.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

Hull, Bobby

48.

When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out -- because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.

Dyer, Wayne

49.

The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.