Motivational Quotes

Anger

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.

Best Quotes about Anger

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

Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.

Curtis, George William

By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned; By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned.

Pope, Alexander

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

Greer, Germaine

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Confucius

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

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

Shenstone, William

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

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

10.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

11.

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

Lucan, F. L.

12.

No one is as angry as the person who is wrong.

Proverb

13.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

14.

Act nothing in a furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.

Fuller, Thomas

15.

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

16.

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other.

Gaulle, Charles De

17.

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

18.

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

Greg Evans

19.

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

20.

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

21.

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

Shakespeare, William

22.

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

23.

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

Mizner, Wilson

24.

When danger approaches, sing to it.

Proverb, Arabian

25.

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

26.

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

Angelis, Barbara De

27.

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

28.

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

Floyd, Pink

29.

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.

Antonius, Marcus

30.

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

Bible

31.

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

32.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner

33.

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

34.

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

35.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Castaneda, Carlos

36.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Russell, Bertrand

37.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Gandhi, Mahatma

38.

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

39.

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.

Buddha

40.

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

Churchill, Winston

41.

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

Akhenaton

42.

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

43.

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

44.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Beecher, Henry Ward

45.

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

46.

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

Baldwin, James

47.

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

Dickinson, Emily

48.

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

49.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

Horace

50.

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

Walpole, Sir Hugh