Quotes and Anecdotes Vol.1

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ANGERRelated Index Topics: Arguments, Hate, Jealousy,Humility/Pride, Patience, Wisdom

1. When I have lost my temperI have lost my reason too.I'm never proud of anythingWhich angrily I do.When I have talked in angerAnd my cheeks were flaming redI have always uttered somethingWhich I wish I had not said,In anger I have neverDone a kindly deed or wise,But many things for which I feltI should apologize.In looking back across my life,And all I've lost or made,I can't recall a single timeWhen fury ever paid.So I struggle to be patient,For I've reached a wiser age;I do not want to do a thingOr speak a word in rage.I have learned by sad experienceThat when my temper fliesI never do a worthy deed,A decent deed or wise.2. The Emperor Julius Caesar, when provoked, used torepeat the whole Roman alphabet before he permitted himself tospeak. ( Jonah 4:4 ; Eph. 4:26 )3. Anger weakens a man. It puts him at a disadvantagein every undertaking in life. When Sinbad and his sailors landedon one of their tropical islands, they saw high up in the treescoconuts which could quench their thirst and satisfy theirhunger. The coconuts were far above the reach of Sinbad andthe sailors, but in the branches of the trees were the chatteringapes. Sinbad and his men began to throw stones and sticks up atthe apes. This enraged the monkeys and they began to seize thecoconuts and hurl them down at the men on the ground. Thatwas just what Sinbad and his men wanted. They got the apesangry so that the apes would gather their food for them. That isa good illustration of how by indulgence in anger we play intothe hands of our foes.4. Anger is just one letter short of danger.5. The anger of today is the remorse of tomorrow.6. The worst of slaves is he whom anger rules.7. Another thing that seems to improve the longer youkeep it is your temper.8. To be angry with a weak man is proof that you arenot very strong yourself.9. Temper gets people into trouble, but pride keepsthem there.10. Anger is a state that starts with madness & endswith regret.11. Anger is an acid that can do more harm to thevessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it ispoured.12. He who can suppress a moment's anger mayprevent a day of sorrow.13. It is easy to fly into a passion--anybody can dothat--but to be angry with the right person at the right time &with the right object in the right way--that is not easy, & it isnot everyone who can do it. --Aristotle14. Our anger & impatience often prove much moremischievous than the things about which we are angry orimpatient. --Marcus Aurelius15. Anger is seldom without a reason, but seldom agood one.--Benjamin Franklin16. Act nothing in a furious passion. It is putting to seain a storm.17. When anger was in Cain's heart, murder was notfar off.--Matthew Henry18. Nothing makes room for Satan more than wrath.19. The greatest remedy for anger is delay.--Seneca20. Anger may rush into a wise man's bosom, butshould not rest there.--John Trapp21. For every minute you're angry, you lose sixtyseconds of happiness.

22. He is a fool who cannot get angry, but he is a wiseman who will not.23. Hot words never resulted in cool judgement.24. When a person strikes in anger, he usually missesthe mark.25. When you're right you can afford to keep yourtemper; when you're wrong you can't afford to lose it.26. If you would like to control your temper, be like akettle--sing when you boil.27. The best cure for a short temper is a lengthyprayer.28. Some people are like firecrackers--they explodewhen the heat is applied.29. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the highcost of hatred, & the waste of energy.30. When a man loses his temper, his reason goes on avacation.31. It is always a good idea to be selfish with yourtemper--so always keep it.32. He who has a sharp tongue soon cuts his ownthroat.33. Anger makes your mouth work faster than yourmind.34. Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens thetemper, stifles anger, subdues pride, & bridles the tongue.35. The man who cannot be angry at evil usually lacksenthusiasm for good.36. God permits us to be angry in order to gnash ourteeth against the Devil--not to set us in array against eachother.--"Be angry & sin not." ( Eph. 4:26 )37. Never answer an angry word with an angry word.It's the second one that produces a quarrel.38. Don't give anyone a piece of your mind--you needit all yourself!39. Swallowing angry words is much easier thanhaving to eat them!40. You never can be quite sure what kind of a mind aperson has until he gives you a piece of it.41. Men with clenched fists cannot shake hands.42. When the other follow gets angry, he is "ill-tempered". When I do, it's because my "nerves are botheringme".43. The trouble with letting off steam is--it only getsyou into more hot water.44. He who blows his stack adds to the World'spollution.45. You can't put things across by getting cross.46. An angry man is seldom reasonable; a reasonableman is seldom angry.47. Anger is like the fire extinguisher in a building--itis to be used only in case of emergency.48. When angry, count ten before speaking. When veryangry, count one hundred & then don't speak.49. Striking while the iron is hot may be all right, butdon't strike while the head is hot.50. You are not a dynamic person simply because youblow your top.51. The size of a man is measured by the size of thething that makes him angry.52. Anyone who angers you conquers you.53. There are two things that a man should never beangry at--what he can help, & what he cannot.54. Form the habit of closing your mouth when angry.55. As a general rule, the angriest person in acontroversy is the one who is wrong.56. He who goes to bed angry has the Devil for a bed-fellow. Never take your enemies to bed with you.57. It's easy to get up in the air. Coming down is whathurts.58. No matter whether you are on the road or in anargument, when you begin to see red, STOP!59. One of the sorriest spectacles imaginable is theanger of two people who have gotten into an argument oversomething that neither of them knows anything about.60. We tend to think of anger as sin, & usuallycorrectly, but sometimes it is sinful not to be angry. It isunthinkable that God would not be purely & perfectly angrywith sin.