Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Shakespeare, William

Best Quotes about Anger

Between the anvil and the hammer.

Proverb, German

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Confucius

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

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

Magnus, Saint Albertus

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

Harris, Sidney J.

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

When danger approaches, sing to it.

Proverb, Arabian

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

Bible

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

Hugo, Victor

11.

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

Renard, Jules

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

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Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

Beecher, Henry Ward

14.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

La Fontaine, Jean De

15.

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

16.

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

Proverb, Malabar

17.

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

18.

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

Bible

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

Walpole, Sir Hugh

20.

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

Emily Dickinson

21.

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

22.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

Fuller, Thomas

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Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Seneca

24.

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

Lucan, F. L.

25.

Anger is one letter short of danger, Greatest remedy for anger is delay

26.

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

Akhenaton

27.

There is not in nature, a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger.

Webster, John

28.

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

Joubert, Joseph

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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

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Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Franklin, Benjamin

31.

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

Laurence J. Peter

32.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. [Proverbs 12:6]

Bible

33.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

34.

If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wring, but the coals are.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Floyd, Pink

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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

38.

Biggest profits mean gravest risks.

Proverb, Chinese

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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

Buddha

40.

The tendency of aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture.

Freud, Sigmund

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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

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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

43.

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

Shakespeare, William

44.

The best answer to anger is silence.

45.

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

Mizner, Wilson

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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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A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations.

I Ching

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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

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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

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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