Motivational Quotes

Anger

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.

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Best Quotes about Anger

1.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

2.

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

Floyd, Pink

3.

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

4.

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

Shenstone, William

5.

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

6.

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

7.

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

Epictetus

8.

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

9.

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

Mizner, Wilson

10.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

Malcolm X

11.

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

Hugo, Victor

12.

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

13.

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

Bible

14.

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

Shakespeare, William

15.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Cato The Elder

16.

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

17.

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

Joubert, Joseph

18.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

SeVigne, Marquise De

19.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

20.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.

Fuller, Thomas

21.

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

Syrus, Publilius

22.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Webster, Daniel

23.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

24.

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

25.

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

Shakespeare, William

26.

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

27.

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

Bible

28.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Bach, George R.

29.

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

Buddha

30.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

Hull, Bobby

31.

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

32.

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

Laurence J. Peter

33.

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

Cherie Carter-Scott

34.

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

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

Lucan, F. L.

38.

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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.

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

41.

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

Seneca

42.

Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.

Wallenda, Karl

43.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.