Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

- Shaw, George Bernard

Best Quotes about Anger

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Thurber, James

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

Proverb

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

Webster, John

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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

Greg Evans

10.

When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Jefferson, Thomas

11.

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

Seneca

12.

I have seen a peaceful expression turn to anger as fast as a whip cracks, and so the look on the face might mean less than what it seems to be.

Erica Eisdorfer

13.

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

14.

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

Proverb, Malabar

15.

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

Plato

16.

My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.

Horace

17.

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

Churchill, Winston

18.

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

19.

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

20.

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

Akhenaton

21.

Actually, the streets are quite safe today, it's the people on them who aren't.

22.

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

Quincey, Thomas De

23.

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

24.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

25.

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

Proverb

26.

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

Churchill, Winston

27.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Confucius

28.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Corneille, Pierre

29.

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

30.

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

Ruskin, John

31.

One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.

Syrus, Publilius

32.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

33.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

34.

The angry man will defeat himself in battle as well as in life.

Maxim, Samurai

35.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Diller, Phyllis

36.

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

Bible

37.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

38.

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

39.

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

Cherie Carter-Scott

40.

When the danger is past God is cheated.

Proverb, Italian

41.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Castaneda, Carlos

42.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

43.

There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.

Francis De Sales, St.

44.

Doomed are the hotheads! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, I'm sorry.

Schuller, Robert H.

45.

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

Quarles, Francis

46.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Cato The Elder

47.

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

Bible

48.

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

49.

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

Joubert, Joseph

50.

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.