Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Maxim, Samurai

Best Quotes about Anger

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

As the whirlwind in its fury teareth up trees, and deformeth the face of nature, or as an earthquake in its convulsions overturneth whole cities; so the rage of an angry man throweth mischief around him.

Akhenaton

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

Bible

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

Quarles, Francis

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

Laurence J. Peter

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

Seneca

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

La Fontaine, Jean De

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Beecher, Henry Ward

10.

When danger approaches, sing to it.

Proverb, Arabian

11.

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

12.

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

Boyes, John F.

13.

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Franklin, Benjamin

14.

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

Proverb

15.

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

Ellis, Havelock

16.

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

Quarles, Francis

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.

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

Bible

19.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

Ruskin, John

20.

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

21.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

22.

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

23.

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

Maxim, Samurai

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

Mario Puzo

27.

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

28.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

29.

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

Russell, Bertrand

30.

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

31.

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

Epictetus

32.

Biggest profits mean gravest risks.

Proverb, Chinese

33.

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

Bible

34.

Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.

Wallenda, Karl

35.

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

Magnus, Saint Albertus

36.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

37.

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.

Angelis, Barbara De

38.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Castaneda, Carlos

39.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

40.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

41.

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

Emily Dickinson

42.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Corneille, Pierre

43.

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

44.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

45.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

Horace

46.

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

47.

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!