Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

Best Quotes about Anger

1.

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

Francis De Sales, St.

2.

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

Shakespeare, William

3.

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

Floyd, Pink

4.

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

5.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

6.

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

Akhenaton

7.

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

Proverb

8.

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

Plato

9.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

La Fontaine, Jean De

10.

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

Boyes, John F.

11.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

12.

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

Emily Dickinson

13.

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

14.

The best answer to anger is silence.

15.

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

Proverb, Malabar

16.

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

17.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

18.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

19.

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

Bible

20.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.

Colton, Charles Caleb

21.

A wave of anger washed over me, anger against myself, at my age at the time, that stupid lyrically age, when a man is too great a riddle to himself to be interested in the riddles outside himself and when other people are mere walking mirrors in which he is amazed to find his own emotions, his own worth.

Kundera, Milan

22.

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

Fuller, Thomas

23.

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

Magnus, Saint Albertus

24.

What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.

Dyer, Wayne

25.

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

26.

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

George, David Lloyd

27.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

Horace

28.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Cato The Elder

29.

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

Greg Evans

30.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Corneille, Pierre

31.

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

Joubert, Joseph

32.

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

33.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Diller, Phyllis

34.

My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.

Horace

35.

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

36.

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.

37.

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.

38.

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

39.

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

40.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Corneille, Pierre

41.

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

Bible

42.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

43.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

Epictetus

44.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

45.

When you meet up with a disagreeable person, never allow yourself to be upset. Say to yourself,if a dowdy like that can stand himself all his life, surely I can stand him for a few minutes.

46.

A soft answer truth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. [Proverbs 15:1]

Bible

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

50.

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

Laurence J. Peter