Motivational Quotes

Anger

By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned; By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned.

- Pope, Alexander

Best Quotes about Anger

A wave of anger washed over me, anger against myself, at my age at the time, that stupid lyrically age, when a man is too great a riddle to himself to be interested in the riddles outside himself and when other people are mere walking mirrors in which he is amazed to find his own emotions, his own worth.

Kundera, Milan

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

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.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Seneca

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

Plato

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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

Fuller, Thomas

10.

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

Russell, Bertrand

11.

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

12.

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

Fuller, Thomas

13.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Gandhi, Mahatma

14.

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

Lucan, F. L.

15.

By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned; By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned.

Pope, Alexander

16.

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

17.

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

18.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Corneille, Pierre

19.

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

Baldwin, James

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

Bible

23.

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

24.

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

Bible

25.

Anger makes dull men witty -- but it keeps them poor.

Bacon, Francis

26.

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

27.

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

28.

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

Emily Dickinson

29.

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.

30.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

31.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

32.

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

Proverb

33.

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

Halifax, Edward F.

34.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Confucius

35.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Bach, George R.

36.

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

37.

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

38.

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

Epictetus

39.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Castaneda, Carlos

40.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

41.

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

Walpole, Sir Hugh

42.

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.

43.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

44.

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

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.

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

Hugo, Victor

47.

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Chapman, George

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Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.

Curtis, George William

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Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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

Shakespeare, William