Motivational Quotes

Anger

Between the anvil and the hammer.

- Proverb, German

Best Quotes about Anger

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

Bible

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Corneille, Pierre

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

Proverb

Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Thurber, James

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

Bible

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.

Antonius, Marcus

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

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

Wallenda, Karl

10.

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

Hugo, Victor

11.

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

Proverb

12.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

13.

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.

14.

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

15.

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

Niebuhr, Reinhold

16.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

17.

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

Lucan, F. L.

18.

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.

19.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

20.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Beecher, Henry Ward

21.

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

22.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Castaneda, Carlos

23.

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

24.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

25.

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

Bible

26.

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

Henry Ward Beecher

27.

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

Bible

28.

When danger approaches, sing to it.

Proverb, Arabian

29.

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

Mario Puzo

30.

If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself:'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.'When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.

Epictetus

31.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Seneca

32.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.

Colton, Charles Caleb

33.

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

Quarles, Francis

34.

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

35.

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Aurelius, Marcus

37.

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

Proverb

38.

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

39.

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.

40.

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

Ruskin, John

41.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

42.

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.

43.

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

44.

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

Shakespeare, William

45.

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

Laurence J. Peter

46.

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

Russell, Bertrand

47.

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

Churchill, Winston

48.

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

Edwards, Tryon

49.

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

50.

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