Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Machiavelli, Niccolo

Best Quotes about Anger

1.

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

2.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Seneca

3.

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

4.

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

Seneca

5.

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

Henry Ward Beecher

6.

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

7.

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

8.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Boyes, John F.

9.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

10.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

11.

Don't play for safety -- it's the most dangerous thing in the world.

Walpole, Sir Hugh

12.

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.

13.

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

14.

Biggest profits mean gravest risks.

Proverb, Chinese

15.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. [Proverbs 12:6]

Bible

16.

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

Quincey, Thomas De

17.

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

18.

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

Bible

19.

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

Epictetus

20.

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

Proverb

21.

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

22.

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

Mario Puzo

23.

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

Floyd, Pink

24.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

25.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

26.

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

Proverb

27.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

28.

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

Bible

29.

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

30.

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

Renard, Jules

31.

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

Clarendon

32.

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

33.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Corneille, Pierre

34.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Gandhi, Mahatma

35.

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

Mckay, David O.

36.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Corneille, Pierre

37.

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

Shakespeare, William

38.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

39.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

40.

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

Churchill, Winston

41.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

42.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Seneca

43.

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

44.

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

Russell, Bertrand

45.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

46.

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

47.

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other.

Gaulle, Charles De

48.

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

49.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

Joan Lunden

50.

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.