Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Secker, Thomas

Best Quotes about Anger

1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

Laurence J. Peter

4.

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

5.

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

6.

Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. [Julius Caesar]

Shakespeare, William

7.

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

Baldwin, James

8.

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

Halifax, Edward F.

9.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

10.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

11.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Seneca

12.

Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.

Greer, Germaine

13.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

14.

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

Bible

15.

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

16.

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

17.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

18.

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

Sarnoff, David

19.

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

20.

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

Bible

21.

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

22.

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

23.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Cato The Elder

24.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

25.

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

26.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

Horace

27.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

28.

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

Akhenaton

29.

My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.

Horace

30.

As the whirlwind in its fury teareth up trees, and deformeth the face of nature, or as an earthquake in its convulsions overturneth whole cities; so the rage of an angry man throweth mischief around him.

Akhenaton

31.

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

Dickinson, Emily

32.

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

Lucan, F. L.

33.

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

Edwards, Tryon

34.

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.

35.

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

Harris, Sidney J.

36.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Beecher, Henry Ward

37.

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

38.

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

Churchill, Winston

39.

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

Mario Puzo

40.

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

Secker, Thomas

41.

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

Proverb

42.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Bach, George R.

43.

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

44.

When the danger is past God is cheated.

Proverb, Italian

45.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

46.

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

Bible

47.

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

Greg Evans

48.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

49.

Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage.

Babylonian Talmud

50.

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

Plato