Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Anger

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

Proverb, Malabar

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

Akhenaton

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

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

Mizner, Wilson

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

Quincey, Thomas De

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

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

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

Sarnoff, David

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

10.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

11.

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.

Secker, Thomas

12.

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

13.

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

Emily Dickinson

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

Aurelius, Marcus

15.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

Niebuhr, Reinhold

16.

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

Walpole, Sir Hugh

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

Epictetus

18.

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

19.

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

Mckay, David O.

20.

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

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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.

Francis De Sales, St.

23.

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

Renard, Jules

24.

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

25.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

26.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

Shenstone, William

27.

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

Horace

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What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.

Dyer, Wayne

29.

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

30.

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

Lucan, F. L.

31.

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.

32.

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

Shakespeare, William

33.

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Chapman, George

34.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Tillich, Paul

35.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Ellis, Havelock

38.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Bible

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Maxim, Samurai

43.

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

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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

45.

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

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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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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.

48.

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

49.

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

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

Syrus, Publilius