Motivational Quotes

Anger

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

- Seneca

Best Quotes about Anger

He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him.

Magnus, Saint Albertus

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

Shaw, George Bernard

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

Proverb

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

Bible

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

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.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Angelis, Barbara De

11.

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

Akhenaton

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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

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Depression is rage spread thin.

Tillich, Paul

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Stay out of the road, if you want to grow old.

Floyd, Pink

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

Proverb, Malabar

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

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

Churchill, Winston

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To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Mario Puzo

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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

21.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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

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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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Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

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

Emily Dickinson

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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

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

Halifax, Edward F.

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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

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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.

30.

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

31.

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

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Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Boyes, John F.

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

Churchill, Winston

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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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It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say.

Riley, James Whitcomb

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The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

38.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

Joan Lunden

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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

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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.

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

Shenstone, 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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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Bierce, Ambrose

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

Dickinson, Emily

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

Mizner, Wilson

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Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

47.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

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When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Confucius

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Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

Malcolm X

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Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Do not express it-this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripples in your surroundings. What you do is transform it.

Pilgrim, Peace