Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Mizner, Wilson

Best Quotes about Anger

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Quincey, Thomas De

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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.

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

Plato

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.

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

Shakespeare, William

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

10.

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

11.

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.

12.

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

Floyd, Pink

13.

Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt.

Baldwin, James

14.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Angelou, Maya

15.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Confucius

16.

When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Jefferson, Thomas

17.

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

Churchill, Winston

18.

Actually, the streets are quite safe today, it's the people on them who aren't.

19.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

20.

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

21.

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

22.

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

Magnus, Saint Albertus

23.

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

24.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

25.

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

26.

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

Akhenaton

27.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

28.

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

29.

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

Proverb, Malabar

30.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Beecher, Henry Ward

31.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Corneille, Pierre

32.

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

33.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

34.

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

35.

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

Landor, Walter Savage

36.

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

37.

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

Bible

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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.

41.

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

Walpole, Sir Hugh

42.

It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger.

Bhagavad Gita

43.

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

George, David Lloyd

44.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Seneca

45.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

46.

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

Greer, Germaine

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

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

Syrus, Publilius