Motivational Quotes

Anger

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

Best Quotes about Anger

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

Russell, Bertrand

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

Depression is rage spread thin.

Tillich, Paul

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Scornful men bring a city into a snare, but wise men turn away wrath. [Proverbs 29:8]

Bible

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

Epictetus

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Franklin, Benjamin

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

10.

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

11.

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.

Maxine Waters

12.

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

13.

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

Bible

14.

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

Pope, Alexander

15.

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.

Ellis, Havelock

16.

The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.

Beecher, Henry Ward

17.

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

Shenstone, William

18.

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

19.

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

20.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Confucius

21.

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

22.

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

Epictetus

23.

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

24.

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

Clarendon

25.

No one can make us angry. People can say and do things to us but it is still up to us as individuals to do what we want with our emotions in response to those things.

26.

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.

27.

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

Seneca

28.

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

Fuller, Thomas

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

Churchill, Winston

32.

When danger approaches, sing to it.

Proverb, Arabian

33.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

34.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

35.

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

Boyes, John F.

36.

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

Plato

37.

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.

38.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

39.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

40.

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

41.

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

Walpole, Sir Hugh

42.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

La Fontaine, Jean De

43.

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

Floyd, Pink

44.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Gracian, Baltasar

45.

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

Henry Ward Beecher

46.

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

Magnus, Saint Albertus

47.

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

48.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Diller, Phyllis

49.

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

50.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

Edwards, Tryon