Motivational Quotes

Anger

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long.

- Paley, Babe

Best Quotes about Anger

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

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

Maxim, Samurai

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

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

Hull, Bobby

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. [Proverbs 19:11]

Bible

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

Bible

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

Seneca

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

George, David Lloyd

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

Cherie Carter-Scott

10.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

Halifax, Edward F.

11.

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Seneca

12.

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

Bible

13.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

14.

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

Proverb, Malabar

15.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

16.

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.

17.

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

18.

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

Hugo, Victor

19.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

Edwards, Tryon

20.

We are confronted by a first danger, the destructiveness of applied atomic energy. And then we are confronted by a second danger, that we do not enough appreciate the first danger.

Swing, Raymond G.

21.

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

Floyd, Pink

22.

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

Ellis, Havelock

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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

24.

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

Shakespeare, William

25.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

27.

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

28.

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

Plato

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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

30.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

31.

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

Jefferson, Thomas

32.

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

33.

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

Laurence J. Peter

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

Lucan, F. L.

35.

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

Quincey, Thomas De

37.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

38.

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

Proverb

39.

Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last.

Greg Evans

40.

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

Mario Puzo

41.

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

Churchill, Winston

42.

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. [Ephesians 4:26]

Bible

43.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Bach, George R.

44.

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

Walpole, Sir Hugh

45.

Send danger from the east unto the west, so honor cross it from the north to south.

Shakespeare, William

46.

When danger approaches, sing to it.

Proverb, Arabian

47.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

48.

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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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.

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

Dickinson, Emily