Motivational Quotes

Anger

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

- Lincoln, Abraham

Best Quotes about Anger

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

Shakespeare, William

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

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

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

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

Mizner, Wilson

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

Proverb

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

Greg Evans

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.

Selden, John

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

Bible

10.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

11.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

12.

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

13.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

14.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

15.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Anacharsis

16.

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

17.

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

Baldwin, James

18.

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

George, David Lloyd

19.

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

20.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverb

21.

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

Fuller, Thomas

22.

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

Greer, Germaine

23.

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.

Proverb

24.

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

Akhenaton

25.

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

Joubert, Joseph

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.

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

Bible

28.

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

29.

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

Walpole, Sir Hugh

30.

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

31.

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

Buddha

32.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

33.

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

Shenstone, William

34.

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

Proverb

35.

The best answer to anger is silence.

36.

The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

37.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Seneca

38.

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

Boyes, John F.

39.

When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out -- because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.

Dyer, Wayne

40.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Castaneda, Carlos

41.

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

Shakespeare, William

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.

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

44.

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

45.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

46.

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

47.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

Horace

48.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.