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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you read more
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Anger is a short madness.
Anger is a short madness.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. -Elizabeth 1.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. -Elizabeth 1.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly... -Proverbs 14:17a.
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly... -Proverbs 14:17a.
Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right read more
Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had read more
Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.
