Motivational Quotes

Anger

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

- Quarles, Francis

Best Quotes about Anger

1.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

2.

There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.

Dyer, Wayne

3.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

4.

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

Bacon, Francis

5.

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

6.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

7.

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.

Angelis, Barbara De

8.

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

Proverb

9.

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

George, David Lloyd

10.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

11.

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

12.

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.

13.

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.

Henry, M.

14.

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

Hugo, Victor

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

Walpole, Sir Hugh

18.

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

Shakespeare, William

19.

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.

Buddha

20.

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

Proverb

21.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Beecher, Henry Ward

22.

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

Angelou, Maya

23.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

24.

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

Wallenda, Karl

25.

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

Bible

26.

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

27.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. [Ecclesiastes 7:9]

Bible

28.

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

Dickinson, Emily

29.

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

Baldwin, James

30.

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

Ellis, Havelock

31.

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.

32.

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

Quincey, Thomas De

33.

No one is as angry as the person who is wrong.

Proverb

34.

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

35.

Nothing is so exhilarating in life as to be shot at with no result.

Churchill, Winston

36.

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. [Ephesians 4:26]

Bible

37.

Biggest profits mean gravest risks.

Proverb, Chinese

38.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

39.

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

Emily Dickinson

40.

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

Bible

41.

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Chapman, George

42.

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

43.

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

44.

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

Bible

45.

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Franklin, Benjamin

46.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Shaw, George Bernard

47.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Harris, Sidney J.

48.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Joubert, Joseph

49.

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

50.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus